🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran is deliberately making every American attack more expensive, and Trump has trapped himself in a war where bombing only strengthens Tehran’s negotiating hand.
Everyone has been asking why Iran's demands suddenly appear so much tougher.
Why push for greater control over the Strait of Hormuz and higher transit fees just when the war seems to be ending?
Geopolitical analyst Prof. Glenn Diesen says there may be a very deliberate strategy behind it.
For decades, America has operated with what he calls escalation dominance.
If diplomacy stalls, Washington bombs, and if the bombing fails, Washington returns to negotiations expecting roughly the same deal it had before.
Iran's objective now, he argues, is to break that cycle forever.
The message is simple: Every time America attacks, the price of peace goes up.
That's why Prof. Diesen believes Trump's latest bombing campaign was such a strategic mistake.
Nothing fundamental had changed.
Iran hadn't suddenly become weaker, the U.S hadn't discovered a new military advantage, and its long-range missile stockpiles were even more depleted than before.
Yet Trump believed another round of strikes would squeeze additional concessions out of Tehran.
Instead, Prof. Diesen argues, every bomb produced the opposite effect.
Iranian public opinion hardened, and the political pressure inside Iran shifted toward demanding more, not less.
Trump wasn't improving the original MOU, he was making it progressively worse for himself.
And Prof. Diesen believes this goes far beyond the immediate negotiations.
If Iran succeeds in establishing this principle, then Washington loses one of its biggest strategic advantages.
Military force stops being a low-cost bargaining tool, and becomes something that leaves America weaker every time it is used.
That's also why Prof. Diesen believes the fight over the Strait of Hormuz matters so much.
It isn't just about shipping; it's about who writes the rules of the Gulf after this war ends.
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