http://www.janes.com/article/89195/iran-unveils-new-sam-systemhalf the stuff going on in the middle east is the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran
Saudi/UAE money got to Trump/Kushner to hurt Iran
now Iran's ONLY option
is to FIGHT!!!
just like JAPAN after August 1, 1941
when we put an oil embargo on them
to fight back
Iran can use its terrain to its advantage
it's widest point strait of Hormuz is just 21 miles
it's WIDEST!!!
easy peasy for them to close this to shipping
they have gazillions of Noor anti-ship missiles that can be carried by a pickup truck
to do the job
21 million barrels per day passes through the strait
what happens when you SUDDENLY take that much oil out of the market
what happens to the price?
what happens to availability
do you remember back in the 70s when the USA had gas lines?
whatever retaliation the USA can throw at it, if Iran can show resolve
that it accepts the price
then it becomes a war of attrition
can an asymmetrical offense
i.e 9/11 type attacks vrs aircraft carrier launched attacks
produce more leverage over an enemy population
just the loss of oil alone would have a devastating effect on the American economy
and 100% gas would be rationed
for as long as this conflict lasted
also remember the 9/11 attacks besides killing thousands
caused 100 billion in direct loss and the stock market to lose hundreds of billions....
and these attacks were done by 19 guys with box cutters
and THOSE guys were all "C" level guys
Iran has THOUSANDS of "A" level guys
they will be like assassins who climb in your window at night, so...very...silent...
creeping slowly towards your bed
and then put one hand firmly over your mouth so you don't scream
and with their other hand hold a Damascus steel knife, and cut your carotid artery...
then on to the next address on the list
repeated hundreds of times and places across America simultaneously each night....
until the United States accepts a peace treaty
whereby the United States removes ALL SANCTIONS from all countries
and renounces sanctions and will never use them again
Iran is now free to ship as much oil as it wants
AND DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS
and now so is every other bloody idiot in the world
making it just a matter of time
before one is gonna get used...