@nprofile1q... On the one hand, this explains a lot of things. Like how SECDEF didn’t understand that bombing the capital of a country wouldn’t win them friends, and that Iran—who famously sent children to the front lines in the Iran Iraq war—wouldn’t fold easily, and would be willing to suffer the closure of the strait of Hormuz.
On the other hand, holy shit! What the actual torment nexus fuck?
Thirdly, the US is now considered an unreliable ally (although ask the Kurds…)