As proven so well during this whole debacle in the Hormuz strait.
replyHard to see that as an indictment of military capability when it is so overwhelmingly a reflection of political incompetence.
replyHmmm, the US is not able to control the Hormuz strait. Iran decides who goes through it. Yesterday Iran shot at a vessel [0]. We can argue the semantics of “control” but I think this whole debacle showed the limits of US military power.
reply[0] https://www.npr.org/2026/06/26/nx-s1-5871963/un-agency-pause...
Good thing you don't have that many allies left, so it should make the job easier.
replyHopefully we elect a sane executive next election so we can start figuring out how to keep the executive from fucking over our allies. We can make a lot more of our partnerships with allies into ratchet mechanisms that are far less easily undone.
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