Caleb James DeLisle on Nostr: That's not "easy" either because once the US goes home, Iran can do a land rush of ...

That's not "easy" either because once the US goes home, Iran can do a land rush of the rest of the middle east. Which they absolutely will because they're in a war winning posture so there's no reason not to continue winning and seize more land. Every little kingdom in the region is a US vassal, so walking away means losing Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain. That's the end of the petrodollar, which is most probably the end of the USD as a global reserve currency and then the end of the US as a global hegemony. Possibly even the breakup of the US as a country...