CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Sam Faddis) - Are we making this up as we go along?
Originally published by AND Magazine
Why Iran Still Won’t Quit Several months ago, we started a war with Iran based on the assessment that an intense air campaign focused on decapitation would topple the regime in Tehran and end the Islamic Republic. That did not happen. That was never going to happen. After some delay, we then imposed a blockade of the Persian Gulf to cut off Iranian oil exports. This time, the thesis was that this would bring Iran to its knees because, in a short period of time, its oil wells would have to be shut down, and that this would quickly lead to catastrophic damage to those wells. The Iranians would be unwilling to accept this. They would be forced to the negotiating table within weeks. “What happens is that line explodes from within. Both…Open