Trump pausing Iran attacks shows US military power is not enough on its own
Iran’s hold on the strait of Hormuz has given it an advantage over the US. Photograph: Vahid Salemi/APView image in fullscreenA billboard in Tehran on Monday 27 July. The regime has demonstrated it is not going anywhere, and Tehran has changed the calculus on the strait of Hormuz”.The past five months are a clear demonstration of how an asymmetric conflict can flip the tables.
- ▪Iran’s hold on the strait of Hormuz has given it an advantage over the US.
- ▪Photograph: Vahid Salemi/APView image in fullscreenA billboard in Tehran on Monday 27 July.
- ▪The regime has demonstrated it is not going anywhere, and Tehran has changed the calculus on the strait of Hormuz”.The past five months are a clear demonstration of how an asymmetric conflict can flip the tables.
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A billboard in Tehran on Monday 27 July. Iran’s hold on the strait of Hormuz has given it an advantage over the US. Photograph: Vahid Salemi/APView image in fullscreenA billboard in Tehran on Monday 27 July. Iran’s hold on the strait of Hormuz has given it an advantage over the US. Photograph: Vahid Salemi/APIranAnalysisTrump pausing Iran attacks shows US military power is not enough on its ownDan Sabbagh Defence and security editorTehran has not been bombed into submission, leaving America unable to enforce its demands without a ground war that it does not wantTue 28 Jul 2026 19.00 EDTShareHas Iran won a war it didn’t start against the United States? It is not a victory in any conventional military sense: about 3,500 Iranians have been reported killed and the US-led bombing has caused…
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