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Raven123

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3. Perhaps, but I've been hearing for a while that Iran's strategy was to survive

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Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:15 PM

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They have always known they could not out muscle the USA. They have experience in outlasting presidents. The “close the strait” strategy is no secret. The difference IMO is that, unlike many in the USA, they don’t expect anything other than a complicit SCOTUS, or a compliant Congress. They assume those entities are a part of the problem and plan act accordingly.

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