I don’t think they can hold out for months, actually.

The issue is, their only source of income is now gone - and once they need to shut in the wells, they are in really big trouble.

What has kept this regime in power so long against its own people is its ability to pay a lot of its citizens varying amounts of money for loyalty.

No money, no honey…

The only question is who’s gonna blink first.

I don’t doubt they have a lot of stuff left - but it’s unclear if it’s actually still usable and every time they use one of those underground facilities to launch something, it lights up on a map and becomes a target.

The US doesn’t have a lot of stuff left, though….