Why a modest Iran Peace Deal is superior to a grand bargain that risks bailing out the IRGC and suppressing the Iranian people’s quest for change.
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A potential Taiwan blockade threatens a greater economic catastrophe than the Strait of Hormuz, driven by irreplaceable semiconductor supply chain dependencies.
US treats allies as enemies while Russia and China back Iran. Middle powers must collaborate on interests, not values, to survive.
Russia and China exploit Iran war to undermine US power, study US tactics, and erode alliances. A quagmire benefits both.
No outcome of the Iran war preserves Gulf primacy; every scenario leaves them more vulnerable and strategically diminished.
The era of the “liberator” has yielded to “alternative facts,” where the American empire mistakes tactical chaos for strategic control and dominance.
“Tehran cannot defend its leaders, but it can impose unbearable costs on the global economy.”
“Syria is shifting from a logistical hub for the ‘Axis’ to a strategic corridor for U.S.-Israeli strikes.”
Proponents of the war dismiss “forever war” criticisms, highlighting the elimination of high-level targets and the burial of Iran’s enriched uranium as definitive strategic victories.
Iran’s “mosaic strategy” of decentralized, asymmetric urban warfare presents a formidable challenge to any potential U.S. ground invasion.