The latest blow to America's leadership in West Asia Foreign policy: America is locked in a long war in which a decisive victory is almost impossible, and Iran has thrived in such an environment for a long time. Persian Gulf countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar have no alternative routes other than the Strait of Hormuz, and Saudi Arabia has realized that it cannot rely on transporting oil to the Red Sea. When the dust settles again, the new campaign may prove to be the final blow not to the Iranian regime, but to the American leadership in the region.

The latest blow to America's leadership in West Asia Foreign policy: America is locked in a long war in which a decisive victory is almost impossible, and Iran has thrived in such an environment for a long time. Persian Gulf countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar have no alternative routes other than the Strait of Hormuz, and Saudi Arabia has realized that it cannot rely on transporting oil to the Red Sea. When the dust settles again, the new campaign may prove to be the final blow not to the Iranian regime, but to the American leadership in the region.