I don't think that Iran will sit back and accept destroying their naval assets calmly in 2024. Maybe 10-20 years ago they would, but not now. Probably some US expensive, precious military hardware sitting all over the region will be hit, as well as oil transit completely disturbed.
Their 10 times overpriced weapons are already either in permanent maintenance, as they don't have skilled workers, but new ones aren't coming quickly due to poor industrial strength. This will hit them hard and destroy even their last single-digit chances against China.
The US has very good oil production and could in theory do something against incoming inflation, but the EU will be even more doomed. But, who am I kidding, there is no way the US can control their private sectors, they will also drown in inflation probably, adding more chaos.
It's crazy watching the implosion of a 250-year-old American empire from both inside and outside in real time. These are truly some crazy times. I think there is an 80% chance this might even be US's last election. The inner social/financial divisions have also reached a boiling point.
It is even crazier to think that the Western 500-year-long domination over the world is about to end in just a few short years. People just aren't aware of what crazy times these are.
After the US collapses, NATO and the EU are gone too, because their only point of existence is to manage American overseas imperial assets easily; Without the US, they have no purpose nor should exist by natural laws of geopolitics. They will be gone in the first 24 hours as well.
