Subject: Re: About Iran’s Navy “At the Bottom of the Sea”
Why isn't the US Navy on the bottom of the Gulf? Did the Iranians not try?

No, they didn’t try.

No, they don’t need to.

Sun Tzu said it 15-hundred years ago (Oh, that Hegseth and what remains of the Pentagon leadership would have ever read it.)

“The Supreme Art of War is to subdue the enemy without fighting”

“So in war the way is to avoid what is strong, attack what is weak”

“If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him”

There are lots more. Sadly, we in the grip of those who think direct confrontation is the only path to success, when it’s likely the exact opposite.