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Strategies in the US-Iran war… The Iranian Islamic Republic’s strategy is obvious: simply remain in power by gunning down or hanging any internal opposition, and inflict as much global economic damage as possible to increase pressure on the USA and Israel until Trump lives up to his TACO nickname.
The USA strategy is rather less obvious as pretty much any result that leave Iran as a hostile Islamic Republic is an Iranian political win even if their military capabilities are degraded.
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It is the age old story of American foreign policy. Win decisively on the battlefield, utterly fail on the political resolution.
I think Iran may have committed a faux pas by blockading the Straits of Hormuz. This allows the USA to do the same to them. This is said to be costing the Iranian state about a quarter of a billion dollars a day in lost oil revenue. I hope this is true.
I believe it was for this very reason that it was thought Iran would not blockade the straits. But with so many of its leadership currently dead, the islamic republic may be behaving even more irrationally that usual.
What will bring this regime down is the usual: economic collapse. When they cannot pay their mercenaries in hard currency, US dollars ironically enough, then it is all over. It is just possible that Trump has stumbled on the best way of ridding the world of this evil regime. All he has to do is hold his nerve and maintain the blockade. No need to blow up any bridges or power plants. Time is not on their side.