Falcon29
Elite Member
It won't become unpopular over a few deaths of servicemen. Everyone is out for themselves in the US. Pressure on gas prices isn't enough to cause people to lose it and get out in the streets.Good to see some US soldiers liquidated and the consequences of their actions creeping up now.
Unfortunately, the only other way I can see the US backing off from Iran is if the war becomes so unpopular back home that the political cost outweighs the perceived benefits. Usually, public opinion shifts when American soldiers starts coming home in large numbers, which will put immense pressure on Trump to reconsider their course.
Iran's leverage is :
1.) enriched uranium ( not doing anything with it so far but keeping it is leverage )
2.) closing Strait of Hormuz (main card it's playing to get it's terms)
3) targeting critical infrastructure in Gulf Arab states (unable to prove this capability against Israel )
Iran mainly playing on cards 1 and 2 and demanding to be able to charge fees over Strait of Hormuz which US won't accept. US wants unconditional ceasefire, back to status quo kind. Iran is trying to seize opportunity while war is raging to gain some strategic benefit.








