Originally posted by: tom
The blockade will eventually strangle them. There will be no money coming in; the drilling will stop because they wont have anywhere to put it.
The army will stop getting paid, which could cause them to revolt.
Of course, Tommy. Your orange master will definitely win this war. Except he told us it's already over. He won.
If you think the regime cares whether or not it runs out of money, then you don't is understand how things work there. They'll starve their own people. They'll cut deals with China, Russia, North Korea, etc. to buy more weapons in return for future oil sales. And BTW the US blockade doesn't prevent Iran from exporting oil. Look on a map.
The army will behave, because anyone who complains will be shot. And whatever money there is will be paid to them.
So we can turn Iran into an impoverished wasteland and kill a few million people. How does that help us?