Iran's plan is no longer a theory.
A senior IRGC adviser told PBS the strategy is to "prolong this war until we get to the next term of the presidency," adding that America's military proved weaker than Tehran expected and that Iran builds missiles faster than it fires them.
The day's other headlines back his confidence.
The Abraham Lincoln has now spent 260 days at sea with two days ashore and no return date, families are confronting Navy officials in San Diego, and the relief carrier is stuck behind shipyards that lack workers.
WSJ reports Ukrainian drone crews routed American armor in NATO war games.
Meanwhile Tehran hiked petrol prices 74%, a sign the blockade bites, and the State Department told Mideast embassies to plan for reduced staffing.
Brandon Weichert ties it together, calling this the weakest US Navy since the interwar years and saying of the blockade:
"It's there on paper, but it ain't there in reality."
His fix is a decade of rebuilding at home to make America great again, because a waiting game against Iran runs on Tehran's clock.
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