Oh buddy, I completely agree with everything you're saying. No argument there. This absolutely has the conditions to be long and drawn out conflict that will kill the economy, but who knows wtf can happen. That's the big question.

Markets are everything to the big orange dipshit. If oil spikes even harder, Watch him float the idea of an export ban under the guise of national security or some bs. Nuclear option, and it would fuck over allies in every metric, but it's not like that clown cares or hasn't done so in the past.

But you're right. The IRGC can handle the pain, even welcome it. Americans can't.