Iran has demonstrated that with its missiles, drones and small boats, it still has the capability to disrupt traffic through the strait of hormuz despite the American military presence. Underscores the grim fact that if this war is to be concluded satisfactorily ( mullah regime change and the securing of the enriched uranium) it cannot be done solely with air and sea power. It will take hard ground fighting and more extensive logistics. If this inconclusive situation continues and the mullah regime survives, the 9/11 duplicitous Saudis and the Gulf states will make their own accomadations with Iran. History and the American people will rightly regard this war a failure. What is worse, the demonic, America hating Democrats will ride the backlash to power. Then the American people and the American nation will really suffer.
“Iran has demonstrated that with its missiles, drones and small boats, it still has the capability to disrupt traffic through the strait of hormuz despite the American military presence.”
Why are we spending hundreds of billions yearly for a navy that allegedly can’t reliably defend large ships from ragtag, raghead boaters?
Or Iran could come to their senses in a short time and gas might be down to $2.50/gal by election day.
The reality is probably somewhere in between your pessimism and my optimism.