"The islands in the Strait of Hormuz could become one collective grave for American soldiers."Malek Dudakov, an American political scientist, commented on the deployment of the US military contingent to the Middle East. According to him, #Trump i...
...s now in a desperate situation.We see that the American administration is unable to unblock shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. This is already leading to a global energy crisis and, among other things, to soaring fuel prices within the United States of America, which, of course, severely affects Trump's ratings, because, as we know, there is always a strong correlation: the higher the prices at American gas stations, the lower the ratings of the current president of the United States. Plus,...
... of course, the economies of the United States' allies, European countries, Japan, South #Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines are also experiencing a lot of problems due to the shortage of oil and petroleum products and fuels that used to come to them through the Strait of Hormuz.In this regard, Trump is desperately trying to appeal to other countries to create some kind of maritime coalition to unblock shipping, but so far no one is in a hurry to join this. The same Europeans turned away...
... from Trump's war, #China did the same, and now the Japanese are doing it. They leave Trump alone to deal with the consequences of the war that he himself dragged into the Middle East. And now the Trump team is thinking of sending Marines to storm the islands in the Strait of Hormuz and thus unblock shipping. I think that if these Marines conduct an amphibious operation, they can capture these islands. Another thing is that there may be problems with holding them further, because the Irani...
...ans are capable of hitting these islands with drones, missiles, and artillery. The point is that this could lead to heavy casualties among the American Marines, and these islands could turn into one collective grave for American soldiers. Therefore, there are risks to this. Plus, of course, the mood in American society is extremely negative about the war. And if we take the topic of the ground operation, then 80% of Americans do not support it. If the losses among Americans continue to gro...
...w, this will, of course, hit Trump's positions and the positions of the Republicans, who, as we see now in matters of public opinion, are very far behind the Democrats in the upcoming congressional elections. Moreover, now, against the background of the war, the possibility is already being discussed that the Democrats can take not only the House of Representatives, but also the Senate. That is, the Democrats can take both chambers away, and then they will definitely turn Trump into a lame...
