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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
our shiny new ‘Forever War’. thank you so very much, President Bone Spurs. your bravery, as long as it is with other people’s blood and guts, is indeed a vision to behold. your cleverness knows no bounds:
“The United States can inflict devastating damage on Iran, but it cannot eliminate Tehran’s ability to disrupt shipping through the strait. Iran can impose severe economic costs by choking the waterway, but it cannot compel Washington to accept its terms. After more missiles are fired, ships attacked, infrastructure destroyed and civilians killed, the parties will return to the same negotiating table — only angrier and less capable of compromise.”