LOS ANGELES (OC).–Saying it was engaged in full-scal war with the United States Iran let the world know that it takes it drone drone and ballistic missile strikes seriously in repelling the American enemy. Trump played along with Pakistan and Qatar trying to let diplomacy resolve the conflict only to find out that Iran was only gaslighting the Pentagon, lulling into a state of complacency in taking the war seriously. Trump thought Iran was defenseless but found out that terrorist tactics, driven by drone and ballistic strikes, was inadequate in making any progrsss in winning the war. When it came down to it, the U.S. has certainly military capabilities but that doesn’t mean that its winning the war or meeting its objectives. Trump only expressed U.S. objectives recently saying that he had neutralized Iran’s nuke program, not longer facing the reality that there’s much more to defeating Iran on the battlefield.
When Iran says it’s involved in full-scale war, it speaks volumes about how the Persian nationa fights its conflicts, using GPS and mobile rocket lauchers to dial up coordinates ante spray drones and missiles across the Middle East. Trump said he was honoring the deceased soldiers killed by Iranian ballistic missiles over the weekend but know that he must do much more to win the war. Iran is no where near giving up, even if it only kills a handful of U.S. soldiers, knowing that there’s nothing at this point Trump can do to stop drone and ballistic missile attacks. When you think of today’s asymmetric warfare, drones and ballistic missile have become an essential compontent to the fight. If you look at Ukraine’s over four years battle with the Kremlin, they almost exclusively rely on drones and ballistix missiles to wreak havoc deep inside Russia.
Full-scale war with the U.S. means that Iran will continue to hit U.S. assets with drones and ballistic missiles until the U.S. gives up. Trump shows no signs of surrender, thinking he has the superior military, capable of wreaking far more dame on Iran that it can wreak on the U.S. But what Trump doesn’t realize is that drone and ballistic warfare is far cheaper than mobilizing the Fifth Fleet with two air craft carrier strike groups including the Abraham Lincoln and George W. Bush. Dialing up dornes and ballistic missiles on mobile rocket lauchers is a far more efficient way to conduct a war with the U.S. Trump has not gone after the energy infrastructure, desalination plants and bridges he said he’s take out if Iran refused to go back to the baragain table. Trump never had Iran as a cooperative partners in working out anything close to a deal in the Hormuz Strait
Iran’s IRGC boasted about hitting targets in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, somehow getting through increased porous air defenses, raising question about U.S. defensive capability. U.S. Centom insisted that nine days of attacks had further degraded Iran’s radar and military defense ofperations, open to door to a possible U.S. invasion. Talk of U.S. boots on the ground have grown louder, realizing the U.S. must seize Iranian territory to stop the IRGC from continuing its unending drone and missile attacks. If Trump can’t neutralize the IRGC, Iran continue to have a stranglehold on the Hormuz Strait. Trump no longer ights to neutralize Iran’s nuke and ballistic missile programs but now must stop the IRGC more controlling the Hormuz Strait because of damage to U.S. and global energy markets, where the war has now jumped global energy prices..
Today’s latest develop has Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a close ally of Iran, closing the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait choking of transit from the Arab Gulf States to destinations largely in Europe and Asia. World oil markets won’t take the closure of the Bab-e-Mandeb Strait lightl, with Saudi Arabia saying they take whatever steps necessary to open up the international waterway. Houthi’s rebels have long been financed by Iran, playing pivotal role in retaliating against Israel fdor its war with Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel and the U.S. bave bombed the Houthis for attacks on Israel. Closing down a major waterway through the Red Sea through Egypr’s Suez canal;throws oil markets into chaos. When markets open tomorrow and disruction in the Red Sea will drive oil prices through the roof. Iran and Houthis have now conspired to drive up oil prices and global inflation.
Dragging Houthis into the fight for control over the flow of oil from the Arab Gulf states won’t be taken lightly by Trump, knowing how Iran and Yemen are trying to dominate world oil markets. All the talk about the IRGC dominating the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthis have now upped the ante preventing commercial ships from transiting to the Suez Canal. Iran has changed the nature of the war, now that its morphed from degrading Iran’s military to saving the U.S. and global economy from Iran’s diabolical plot to disrupt global oil supplies. Trump involvement inm the war is no longer optional but a major necessity to prevent the world economy for going into a tailspin. Trump can no longer let Pakistan and Bahrain to dictate a diplomatic way out of the crisis as long as Iran and now the Houthis look to strangele global oil markets Trump must win the war and do it quickly.
About the Author.
John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlinColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
