Foreign policy: A long war with Iran could lead to the weakening of American leadership in West Asia Foreign policy reporter: America is involved in a long war in which a decisive victory is almost impossible; While Iran managed to maintain and strengthen its position in such environments for a long time. The countries of the Persian Gulf such as Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar do not have an alternative route to the Strait of Hormuz, and Saudi Arabia also realized that it cannot rely on the transfer of its oil to the Red Sea. This publication further emphasized that with the reduction of tensions, it may be clear that the new campaign dealt a final blow not to the Iranian government, but to the position of American leadership in the region.