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squibonpigtoday at 1:51 AM2 repliesview on HN

Asymmetric warfare shouldn't be measured on the metrics of conventional warfare. Iran can continue to cause enormous economic pain for the world without any of that.


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smcnctoday at 1:56 AM

Agree with same comment as above.

> This is true. 90% destruction of military is meaningless if 10% can wreck havoc on the strait. The cost associated with eliminating that 10% was deemed too much. That is Iran’s “win”.

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doctorpanglosstoday at 1:58 AM

> Iran can continue to cause enormous economic pain for the world without any of that.

should every non-Western country be subsidizing all consumer fuel costs?