Comments on: A familiar war in Iran https://windypundit.com/2026/04/a-familiar-war-in-iran/ Classical liberalism, criminal laws, the war on drugs, economics, free speech, technology, photography, sex work, cats, and whatever else comes to mind. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:19:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Steve Witherspoon https://windypundit.com/2026/04/a-familiar-war-in-iran/#comment-36393 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:19:22 +0000 https://windypundit.com/?p=16837#comment-36393 Mark,
Something that you’re not going to know because you’re not in the loop; all of these scenarios have been discussed ad nauseum and it’s evident (at least to me) that the Trump administration and the military have been at least 3-4 major steps ahead of Iran on everything. Be reasonably confident that the administration, military, and negotiators are working hand-in-hand to reach the end goals of an absolutely non-nuclear Iran with as little destruction & loss of life as possible. Iran is facing down a enormous war, economic, and political machine that’s going to get what it wants in the end, absolutely non-nuclear Iran, so if Iran simply capitulates on that and hands over all its nuclear materials it’ll be over in short order. The problem is that Iran leadership and military want to save face culturally and they don’t give a damn how many people are killed and how much is destroyed. It’s all about propaganda to them and that kind of mindset will very likely get them killed in the long run.

As for the shutting down of the straight; be assured that this is just an mild annoyance in the great scheme of things, this too will pass. All the Administration has to do is to try and do a reasonable job of managing public perception without revealing their cards to Iran. Remember, the vast majority of the media absolutely hates Trump and everything he does, Trump knows this and he’s going to figuratively stick his thumb in their eye whenever he can. It doesn’t matter what Trump does, the vast majority of the media is going to attack him for it and hope he fails. By the way, the Strait of Hormuz is an international strait and international law guarantees transit passage for peaceful ships.

You should seriously consider that the things you’re viewing as mistakes might actually be planned tactical maneuvers in an effort to reach the end goals. War is chaos and plans must shift, but what cannot shift is the end goal. How you get to the end goal can shift all over the place.

Truly understand and respect the facts surrounding what you wrote, “They are much better trained and have much more experience. In every possible way, they are better war planners than I will ever be.” So sit back, relax, pay attention, watch it unfold instead of attempting to be an armchair quarterback with 20/20 vision.

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