The [[delusion]] that the [[United States]] can launch a localized, painless strike against [[Iran]] to reassert authority is collapsing before the operation even begins. If [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] launches its planned post-[[2026 Midterm|midterm]] assault, it will detonate a multi-trillion-dollar regional conflagration that shuts down the global [[energy]] [[supply]], breaks the remaining [[naval]] architecture of the [[Middle East]], and delivers a fatal blow to the [[economic]] foundation of the late great [[Western]] [[empire]].}} | The [[delusion]] that the [[United States]] can launch a localized, painless strike against [[Iran]] to reassert authority is collapsing before the operation even begins. If [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] launches its planned post-[[2026 Midterm|midterm]] assault, it will detonate a multi-trillion-dollar regional conflagration that shuts down the global [[energy]] [[supply]], breaks the remaining [[naval]] architecture of the [[Middle East]], and delivers a fatal blow to the [[economic]] foundation of the late great [[Western]] [[empire]].}} |