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🇮🇷🎯Is the Noose Tightening on Iran? ➿➿➿➿➿➿➿➿➿➿ The Western takeover of Syria, the weakening of Hezbollah, and now the capitulation of Hamas signal that Western/American/Israeli penetration of Iranian outer defenses is essentially complete. The only remaining coherent and unassailed bastion outside of Iran is found among the Houthi. There remains Iran itself, which has weathered six months of American and Israeli aggression. ✏️Bryan Anthony Reo is a licensed attorney based in Ohio and an analyst of military history, geopolitics, and international relations. ➡️Over the last fifteen years, I have noticed a pattern—the dismantling of sovereign states aligned with Russia and Iran. Iraq went down in 2003. Libya was dismantled in 2011. Syria followed in 2024. Lebanon was fractured decades ago. Jordan was bought off and is a satellite of the USA, as is Egypt. It is now increasingly obvious that the Arab Spring was nothing more than a color revolution aimed at the Arab world. In some sense, it would be reasonable to label the American advance across the Arab world as long-term strategic "shaping operations" to remove genuinely sovereign governments from the board. America is presently trying to escalate with Iran and Russia, and is always eager and willing to unnecessarily confront, provoke, or escalate with the DPRK and China as well. ➡️In Gaza, it appears that Hamas has capitulated, or at least their senior leaders are prepared to cut and run. The disarmament of Hamas will begin the final chapter in the story of the Palestinian people. In regard to the regional chessboard, the only pieces remaining in opposition to Israel and America are essentially Hezbollah, the Houthi, and Iran itself. CNN claims "80% of all traffic transiting Hormuz is going through the American route," which is plausible—but the article does not tell the actual story: that traffic transiting Hormuz is down at least 90-95%. 80% of 5% is a minuscule 4%. 🟦By the very nature of the situation, Iran wins by default if the US fails to maintain Hormuz open. All Iran has to do is avoid losing. The US is not capable of taking and holding Qeshm Island. Negotiations with Iran are the only way forward, but given the American tendency to engage in direct strikes and assassinations of the people they are negotiating with, it is doubtful if the Iranians will believe anything the Americans say. At present, it seems America is a mediocre chess-player simply moving pieces back and forth without rhyme or reason. Whether or not the US is actually succeeding in tightening a noose against Iran, it is certainly expending significant resources in an effort to do so—with very little to show for all the effort. #Iran #USForeignPolicy #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #Hormuz #Israel READ MORE ✅@NewEasternOutlook