Foreign policy: A new war against Iran will deal a fatal 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 route other than the Strait of Hormuz, and Saudi Arabia has realized that it cannot rely on moving oil to the Red Sea. When the dust settles, the new campaign may prove to be the final blow not to the Iranian regime, but to the American leadership in the region.