> I don't think you're taking in to account the costs to Iran and Iran's current capabilities.

The US has incurred plenty of costs though....

Those very expensive billion-dollar THAAD radars of which there are "not many" in the world ? Those are not getting replaced any time soon. IIRC following the destruction they have redeployed the one they had stationed in South Korea, much to the annoyance of the Koreans.

All those very expensive fancy missiles that have been used ? Expensive to re-manufacture and long lead-time.

The jets, helicopters and drones the Iranians shot down ?

The cost of running those ships they have parked off the Iranian shores ?

Those AWS datacentres ?

And that's before we get to the broader indirect non-military economy impacts.

That's the whole point of this war and Iran knows it.

Yes, Iran's GDP might have contracted 10% but that's nothing compared to what the US has incurred and the impact on the rest of the world.

> We've already seen the most Iran can do.

Except as Iran has demonstrated with the entirely predictable Part 2, the Houthis enter stage-left and disrupt Bab.

So now the US have the mess they created in Hormuz, plus a second front in Bab.

The only way out of this is going to be the US accepting old-school diplomatic resolution. More guns won't fix anything.