As we try to make sense of the nerve-shredding on-off-on war with Iran, and in particular, attempt to reconcile U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts with each other, one question keeps reasserting itself.
How is the Iranian regime able to remain in the game? Its leadership has been decapitated. Its economy has been devastated by America’s naval blockade. Its air defenses have been obliterated (twice). Its missile stocks are degraded. It is rationing electricity supplies.
By conventional standards, it should have thrown in the towel well before now.
The main reason why Iran is still able to fire missiles and drones and keep the Strait of Hormuz hostage is not because it’s strong. It’s because America is weak.
Its far superior force is beside the point. The United States refuses to do what is required to win this war decisively because it refuses to bear any military losses. Trump’s strategy is to force Tehran into what he has termed “unconditional...
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