The latest blow to US leadership in West Asia.
Foreign Policy: The US is locked in a protracted war where a decisive victory is almost impossible, and Iran has long thrived in such environments. Persian Gulf countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar have no alternative route except the Strait of Hormuz, and Saudi Arabia has realized that it cannot rely on oil transfers to the Red Sea. When the dust settles again, the new campaign may have been the final blow not to the Iranian government, but to US leadership in the region.