The US is suffering a humiliating and devastating defeat in the war with Iran.
“Elchi” reports that this position was expressed by influential Democratic Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), who participated in closed briefings with Pentagon and White House officials.
Previously, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated in an interview with ABC News that the US has not changed the initial objectives of the operation, which are to destroy Iran’s air force, navy, and missile capabilities, as well as its missile and drone production capabilities.
“This is the problem. These are all tactical objectives. They are not strategy. Because there is no strategy. Let me take objectives one through four and explain, based on what I learned in the briefings, why we are losing this war miserably and shamefully,” the senator wrote on X.
“Air power is how a country projects power beyond its borders and defends its airspace. But drones are replacing planes. And we cannot destroy all their drones. Their drone attacks continue,” Murphy noted. The senator added that it is not the Iranian Navy that is blockading the Strait of Hormuz, but “thousands of fast boats and kamikaze surface drones.” “And like their drones, we cannot destroy all of them. Regardless of whether there is a Navy or not, the Strait remains closed,” he emphasized.
Murphy noted that a few weeks ago, Rubio was talking about “destroying” Iran’s missile capabilities as one of the objectives of the US operation, but now this has been changed to “reducing.” “Why the need for a change? Because we are not achieving the initial goal. Iran still possesses most of its missiles,” the politician noted. He added that the US has “no ability” to force Iran to stop striking American bases in the Middle East and “regional energy infrastructure.” The airbase in Jordan was subjected to a missile attack.
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