During which the US lost more aircraft including 2 C-130 Hercules transporter (used to carry helicopters in that were to be left behind) that got bogged down landing in a remote strip and couldn't take off again.
The Iranians say they destroyed 2 C-130 (plus others), the US Central Command only admits to 1 so far and have been caught lying before. A 3rd transport must have been sent, God knows how much equipment the US was forced to leave behind altogether.
The result is that April 3rd was a disaster and April 4th was not much better.
And on April 5th the US seem to have abandoned the idea of flights over Iran all together and gone back to stand-off launched cruise missiles, the supply of which is running out.
Given the cost of rescuing 1 airman you have to wonder what would happen if they did actually land marines? Is Trump really prepared to face large losses?
And the further cost is Iran's constant pressure on US allies in the region highlighting that there is still nothing the US can do about it. Iran again attacked a Kuwaiti desalination plant.
The US is an existential threat to Iran and in return Iran is posing an existential threat to the US allies in the region. That's the stand off and there’s proving to be nothing Trump can do to mitigate it other than to stand down.
Just what is a narcissus to do? Stand down now and look weak or plunge the world into a decade long economic nightmare and destroy his reputation in the history books?
Hegseth meanwhile has sacked 8 Generals trying to find one who will send troops on a suicide landing given that the US don't actually control the skies over Iran after all.
Something the US navy were well aware of or they would have moved their ships closer. Trump and Hegseth now have the navy, army and the airforce refusing orders (just the suicidal ones).
Trump, having boasted of the US military being the greatest the world has ever seen is now going apoplectic with foul mouthed threats in complete frustration like a child in a temper tantrum. He is also still locked in the delusion that the Iranians want to talk.
The Iranians know there’s no point, this is the existential battle they had prepared for and if they don't get the US to climb down now they never will. They’re in the same position as Russia was, they have the US camped on their doorstep using a neighbour as cover/proxy as the US attempts to destroy them.
The US and Israel have to date hit 30 Iranian universities in their attempt to bomb them back into the stone age, and because they can't find Iran's missile launchers to hit. They’re running out of universities and so are turning on residential areas instead but that’s not going to provide the ‘win’ Trump needs.
Meanwhile the last tankers with the ‘cheap’ gas and oil have been and gone for Europe, it’s all uphill from now on, time to buckle up.
And Japan will have to pay the Iran toll for their shipments, they have no choice after the new Japanese PM told the Russians they were willing to buy Russian oil after all but would only pay the western imposed price cap of $45 a barrel. Putin didn’t even bother replying to her.
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