So if the ceasefire holds, Iran will just let ships through the Strait again... Like they were doing before we triggered all of this?
I just don’t see the win here. At best, we’re minimizing our losses. I never bought the idea that Iran was on the verge of getting nuclear weapons, and even if they were, those weapons would’ve been aimed at Saudi Arabia, Israel, or Turkey. Not us. Killing the Ayatollah didn’t change much either. The new one is cut from the same cloth.
In the end, we’ve spent blood and money just to get back to square one, minus the costs of the airstrikes and the blockade. If we pull out now and call it a victory, it’s still a far smaller disaster than Iraq or Afghanistan. I guess that’s something.