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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22533/iran-war-numbers
Finishing the Job in Iran?
(Gatestone Institute) Amir Taheri - The Strait of Hormuz remains closed because those who had shut it in the first place were killed by the Israelis, and the midgets who replaced them in the Tehran chain of command lacked the authority and courage to even suggest re-opening it. Iran lacks the power to protect itself against airstrikes, while the U.S.-Israel tandem lack the will to conquer, cleanse and control - something that requires many boots on the ground. Another bout of bombing would prolong the global economic crisis without forcing Tehran to surrender because there is no one on the ground to surrender to. Trump surely knows that the Khomeinist regime has been militarily, economically and politically crippled. It may plod along on crutches for a while but is in no position to resume its marathon of mischief any time soon. The crippled regime will face a long, hot summer of discontent with hyperinflation, mass unemployment, lengthy blackouts and power shortages, and the inability to print money to buy silence. The writer was executive editor-in-chief of the daily Kayhan in Iran from 1972 to 1979.