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greedotoday at 12:57 AM2 repliesview on HN

While Iran has faired better than I expected, it's a reach to say they've punished the US. The US losses are comically small. Of course wars aren't won solely based on battles...


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defrosttoday at 1:01 AM

> The US losses are comically small.

Just international respect, potentially the loss of the petrodollar, trust of allies, etc.

Small beer stuff really - although the kinds of things that feature in historical retrospectives published 50 years after turning points.

gherkinnntoday at 6:08 AM

The US' immediate material losses are peanuts, of course. And Iran's are massive.

Weeks after declaring victory, it remains a strategic blunder with no obvious way out.

The Hormuz quagmire was expected and the vile Iranian regime has a long history of murdering and sacrificing its population for political gains.

Since we're discussing a WoR article:

https://warontherocks.com/tactical-success-strategic-failure...