So here’s the thing: Iran is an enormous, densely populated, rugged, mountainous country with complete control over what is arguably the world’s most important shipping lane.

You do not go to war with such a country without overwhelming force, and the willingness to soak the ground in blood…including your own. It’s like Afghanistan times fifty. Remember Afghanistan? Remember how well that worked out? Afghanistan is where empires go to die. Iran is worse.

Before we invaded, Iran's government was teetering on the brink. Protestors had seized control of several cities. Khamenei had started moving money out of the country and was preparing to flee; he’d already arranged safe passage to Russia.

Then we attacked. Sure we killed him…

…and then his son, who is even worse than he was, took over. The protests stopped. The Khamenei regime will remain for at least another 40 years.

Now the strait is closed, Iran holds all the cards, the price of oil is through the roof, and Iran will remain in the hands of the Khamenei regime until the 2060s at least.

Nice going.

I wonder if any of the people who were cheering for the attack have enough insight or self-examination to understand what a pooch-screw that was.