What would be the consequences? The same thing that already just happened? America punished them, killed their head of state as revenge for not having a nuke yet.
Interesting choice of words.
Let's try this again: the US implored for a ceasefire in exchange for Iran to stop destroying the economic base of US vassal states in the region and allow ships to go through the strait to mitigate the impending economic disaster this will have on the US economy.
Which one explains Trump abandoning all original demands regarding regime change and even threats to destroy civilian infrastructure?
Iran -> Ok we will agree to that.
The situation in the Straight already occurred. The US doesn't give a hoot about the short term economic base of these vassal states.
> Which one explains Trump abandoning all original demands regarding regime change and even threats to destroy civilian infrastructure?
The one I wrote does.
US -> Ok we will agree to that.
is surrender
That’s why they were building all these missiles. Then when they are loaded up with thousands of more missiles the US wouldn’t be able to do anything about it or stop them from pursuing a nuclear weapon because they have too many missiles and the cost would be too great. The US is preventing a geopolitical (> strategic) defeat by acting now.
The US also lets the ships through because it’s just more oil on the market to keep prices low. Iran being able to shoot missiles doesn’t mean they control the straight. Otherwise the US also controls the straight because it can lob missiles at tankers. It’s been 5 weeks, let’s hold off on “possibly the worst strategic loss in all of American history” for a few weeks eh?