Iran and the US
They wouldn’t be sad to see Iran taken down a couple of pegs, but they would rather live with a weak Iran than the risk of a large round of retaliation,” said Matthew Savill, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute think tank...“The aircraft carrier that is currently sitting off the coast of Venezuela should probably be in the Middle East. There used to be a commitment to what was called the central command area of responsibility – a carrier in the region – and that has changed,” Mr Saville said.
