alt Hacker NewsShips would have not been able to pass freely at a later point. That’s why Iran was building and buying these missiles. Folks look around and say wow they did so much damage - yea now imagine 2x-5x the number of missiles and launchers and by the way why not build a nuclear bomb to really make sure the rest of the world pays them for oil and energy.
Of course Iran wasn’t going to close the straight yet, they didn’t have the ability to inflict enough pain to deter US, Israeli, and/or Gulf State strikes to prevent them from closing it.
But everyone still pays them right? I mean that's the deal.
Why would I want to be paying them if you're, at the same time, telling me they don't have the muscle to make me pay?
Why is anyone paying Iran anything if we won? Someone's gonna need to explain that to me.