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Thereâs no overstating how extraordinary this Atlantic article is, given the author and the outlet.
As a reminder Bob Kagan is:
- The co-founder of Project for the New American Century, probably the single most imperialist Think Tank in Washington (which is quite a feat)
- A man who spent his entire life advocating for American military interventions, especially in the Middle East, and a vocal advocate of the Iraq war. He started advocating for intervention in Iraq before 9/11, which speaks for itself...
- The husband of Victoria Nuland, an extremely hawkish former senior U.S. official (a key architect of U.S. policy in Ukraine, with the consequences we all witness today)
- The brother of Frederick Kagan, one of the key architects of the Iraq surge
In other words, we ainât exactly looking at some sort of anti-imperialist peacenik. This is quite literally the guy Dick Cheney called when he needed a pep talk.
And the man is writing in The Atlantic, the most reliably pro-war mainstream media outlet in the U.S. (also quite a feat). (...)
Mojtaba Khamenei, Iranâs supreme leader, has already declared victory. Key points of his statement include:
First, he claimed that the United States has suffered a âhumiliating defeat,â which marks the beginning of a ânew chapterâ in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
Second, he stated that Iran shares a âcommon destinyâ with its neighbors around the Persian Gulf, and that there is no place for âoutsiders coming from thousands of kilometers away.â
Third, he described what he perceives as victory as a prelude to a ânew regional and global order.â
Fourth, he emphasized Iranâs control and management over the Strait of Hormuz, arguing that this would make the region safer and prevent âmisuseâ by adversaries.
Finally, he referred to new legal regulations and management mechanisms in the strait that would benefit all regional nations while also generating economic dividends for Iran.
With this Iran would be, after Russia and China, the third country which in recent years decisively defeated U.S. coercion by economic and military means.
Iran has no interest in letting the U.S. get used to a blockade of Iranian traffic. It is considering to break the siege by force:
The continued American maritime piracy and banditry in the form of so-called ânaval blockadeâ will soon be met with âpractical and unprecedented action,â a high-ranking security source told Press TV on Wednesday.
Iranâs armed forces â operating under the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters as the war command â believe that patience has limits and that a punishing response is necessary if Washington maintains its illegal naval blockade around the Strait of Hormuz, the source said.
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The high-level source further warned that a continued American blockade and closure of the Strait of Hormuz might ultimately harm the US more than Iran and that a decisive response is deemed necessary by the top military command to completely discredit even this remaining American option.
