Fortune: The U.S. attacked Iran to show its power but the war is already lost. Epic Fury looks like an Epic Fail

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13. It's the Stick in Siege Warfare in the J.I.T. Era of Civilization

He figures if he can draw this out, Europe won't have much choice but to break the siege by...

1. Joining the US, meaning Trump, in taking over Iran to secure the economy, for profit. It's basically a heist, without a crew yet.

2. Driving the US out of the gulf (Unlikely, but in Trumpland, losses to "jerks" are "wins" that validate his misunderstood genius)

3. Sanction trade with the US, which is obviously fine with him. It's his brand.

4. Burn the world order down entirely, which I think is really then end goal anyway, and probably not what he markets it as.

He also has VZ, Cuba and Narcoterrorism buttons to push to bring countries to the table, or drive them from participating in disgust, or create a new victim to dogpile on with new un-salvory allies (Imagine a Putin-Trump war on drugs (quest for gold) in South America).

He's really done a number on us in a short time if you think about it.