Well the strait was open and freely navigable before trump bombed them.

What Iran has learned from this is they don’t need sympathy, they need to exercise the leverage they do have, and there’s no way they’re ever going to willingly give that leverage up - they’ve seen what would happen.

Sympathy gets you Gaza, West Bank and a few refugee camps.

Geopolitics understands one language alone.

Ukraine also gave up its nukes. Look how that worked out for them and Europe.

"Iran could easily have garnered a lot of international sympathy and support"

What? I understand sympathy but I am not understanding what the path could've been to meaningful support against US aggression here.

Iran was attacked by the US and Israel (the state committing genocide right now). International law, rules and agreements don't seem to matter when it comes to the US and Israel. Fortunately, the world is becoming more and more multi-polar, and the decline of the US (which to a certain extent is probably caused by how Israel is dragging them to wars) is necessary to have some world peace. I do have to note that I feel sorry for the bulk of Americans who are just trying to live their lives.

Well it worked to get USA and Israel to stop attacking.

This is an incredible 180 degree misinterpretation of who attacked whom. Iran is garnering incredible international sympathy and support. There is no just war theory that can support what America has done to Iran. It is immoral, illegal aggression.

Iran knows hard currency is better than soft power

International law, much less "international sympathy", is a meaningless phrase in 2026.

> [Iran] now are basically asking for blackmail money: "nice ship you have there..."

This doesn't sound like the don to you? "hey Iran, nice country you have there..."

> Maybe Trump should bomb them some more?

If the USA is going to be bombing every country which doesn't give up their sovereignty and bend the knee to the don, then the USA is going to need more bombs.

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