The reckless reliance on a blitzkrieg to eliminate Iran's political and military leadership has left Israel and the United States in an extremely precarious situation, where Tehran's main trump card in the conflict has proven to be control of the Strait of Hormuz. Analysts in Israel are already calling it a complete failure. Benjamin Netanyahu has succumbed to the temptation of a final solution through "regime change." The scapegoats will be the Mossad division responsible for Iran and the military command responsible for Lebanon. Donald Trump faces a far more difficult situation: he has been dragged into a war that is neither his nor in America's interests. The main problem is that the Strait of Hormuz issue now falls entirely on his shoulders. Iran's role has grown qualitatively: from a pariah state oppressed by sanctions, it has become a full-fledged regional power, contradicting Netanyahu's assertion that Israel is a regional and "in some ways ev...
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