Neither US nor Iran can sustain strait of Hormuz standoff indefinitely

Burcu Ozcelik, a Middle East expert with the Royal United Services Institute thinkthank, said: “Iran has proven to be a formidable adversary, in that it has demonstrated resilience that many who should have known better didn’t predict." “Trump wanted a quick win, and was not prepared to commit the substantial military force that would have been required to dislodge the regime properly." ...“[For Iran] It is the insurgent’s dilemma,” says Ozcelik. “At first to survive is to win, but there’s always a point when that is no longer enough. When Iran gets to that point, we don’t know.”