What this current administration is doing speaks much more of a lack of strategy than what the Khans did in the 13th century.
Not having any sort of counterplay to Iran's one big move (the blocking of the straight), in a nation of some of the brighest minds on the planet, speaks volumes of how advisors are clearly not being listened to. The powers of the once mighty Republic have seemingly been vested in the hands of a bunch of incompetent nepo babies.
> a nation of some of the brighest minds on the planet
The brightest minds we had working in government have all quit or been fired in the last year.
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> in a nation of some of the brighest minds on the planet
You mean the people who voted for trump or those who voted for the democrats?
Are there some causal reasons you think americans are smarter than people in other countries?
>in a nation of some of the brighest minds on the planet
Found the assumption that caused the issue.