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Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but I thought the main point of the strait closure was to put pressure on the US and Israel to stop with their aggression, so if they do stop with their aggression, the strait can be opened again. Of course, Iran would not agree to characterizing it as a concession, but the western media establishment can just claim that it's Iran lying to save face when really it's the west doing so.
At this point Iran's demands are for a complete US withdrawal from the region, because they have object permanence and know that an agreement to simply stop the active conflict is inherently temporary and will be broken again essentially at random.
Ah alright, makes sense
Sorry I should have been clearer and less snarky. But yeah this captures my thoughts exactly. Iran has a path to complete expulsion of the US from West Asia and I think they're taking it
Iran's cost benefit ratio is like 1:100, nobody is going to stop blowing up US military equipment when you have an opportunity like that, plus everything they destroy now can't be used in the next air strike or ground invasion or naval blockade. Also the US lies so the next ceasefire is probably an assassination attempt anyways.
True, like we’re not the only smelling blood in the water, which begs the question if Russia and China will step on their throats