The longer this goes on, Iran could slowly be seen by more and more of the world as the good guys [View all]
As crazy as that it to think about, despite the Iranian regime literally being some of the very worst actors on the global stage, the worlds collective hatred of IQ47 (and his Billionaire and GQP cronies) could actually actually end up outweighing their hatred of Iran.
As the fight goes on, they could come to be seen as plucky underdogs, the David to the US's Goliath. The USA could eventually occupy the position of Russia in their fight against Ukraine, where basically nobody think's they're the country who's in the right (obviously Ukraine is WAY more in the right than Iran will ever be, to be clear)
This will happen even faster if the world's economy significantly crashes, as I think it well might if the strait remains restricted for too much longer. 20% of the world's exports being shut off is a LOT. There's buffers for now, many countries have strategic reserves and such, but those won't last forever.
Imagine being US POTUS who's such an utterly despised jackass that the vicious scumbag mullahs in Iran look better than the USA by comparison in the eyes of a significant part of the world.
How much does one person have to SUCK at their job in order to accomplish such an ignoble feat? 
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