Iran blinds US eyes: targets $500M AN/TPY-2 radars in Qatar, UAE, Saudi, Jordan. Blinding campaign.
Browsing: Strategy
The well-known secret partner in US war decisions: gasoline prices. Pump determines war’s duration.
Iran war: geostrategic transformation. Three-stage strategy, Hormuz blockade reshapes balance. Palestine key.
Instead of regime change, aim for regime weakening—enfeebling Iran so public can overwhelm it.
Is Israel becoming US strategic liability? War drains Asia pivot, alienates allies, strains global strategy.
Three Libya lessons for Iran: define end state, align coalition, control escalation. Military ≠ political success.
US risks much, gains little in Iran war—abandoned gradualist strategy for Israel’s maximalism.
Two weeks in, US objectives nebulous. Iran retaliates, Hormuz paralyzed. No coherent exit.
Four Iran scenarios: regime change, modification, ceasefire, collapse. Prescription: seize Kharg, destroy nukes.
China, Russia stay out of Iran war, prioritizing Gulf ties, fearing Iranian collapse. Isolation deepens.