Originally Posted by
larssnowpharter
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However, I think I may be wrong. There are only two ways out of this:
1. A negotiated deal that provides guarantees that the SoH stays open.
2. Securing the SoH by military force.
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3. Acknowledgement of the strategic realities of geography, and joining Iran in shutting down all maritime trade through the Straits of Hormuz (the crazy uncle scenario)
4. To continue the day to day chaos that seems to be stuck to the shoe of this incumbent.
Iran may be able to be beaten up by air power, but that does not necessarily achieve any strategic aim, even if they were enumerated in a cogent manner by any adult in the US or Israel, being the teams that sent out this parties RSVP's. Without definition, it seems kind to draw parallels with Vietnam, at least in '64 there was some rationale for the mess, however ill conceived that was by Lansdale and Dooley. Right now the justification has more in common with Westmoreland and the verb added to the English language by his strategy, "attrite".
The 5th option is anything that Iran may elect to do, as far as the Straits of Hormuz is concerned, drones alter the dynamics far away from what we have used in the past, and there is little evidence that Israel or the USA have an effective strategy to deal with the potential to have tens of thousands of independent drone operations plinking any and all ships passing the chokepoint.
Bombing the stuffing out of people to make them like you is not an efficient way of doing business, whether it is entertaining or not.
So much winning, we do indeed get tired of it.