My turn

Having withstood the initial blitzkrieg, now is where Iran brings the pain.

All American air bases in the Gulf have been ruined; fighter planes spend far more time undergoing maintenance than they do in the air, compounded by the fact they now have to fly much further.

The US is unable to touch the missile bases as they are built into granite, reinforced with concreted designed to withstand nuclear blasts; they bomb the entrance holes, which are promptly excavated within several days, at which point the launchers roll out again.

Now that the number of US and Israeli sorties have dropped precipitously, Iran is rolling out their anti air; just today another fighter plane — an F-18 was shot down. The US, the Gulf and the Israelis are also running low on missiles for the iron dome, patriot battery and other defence systems against Iranian missiles; having depleted them, Iran is now rolling out it's newer, more devastating lines.

The Hormuz remains closed, compounding damage to the world economy, and as the Gulf states are forced into the war at gunpoint, the Yemenis will blockade the Red Sea, and the last of the Gulf oil as the Saudi ports on their Western side are first blockaded and then destroyed.

Gulf states, who propped up the US stock market with their investments into AI, will soon find their petty kingdoms wiped off the map; useless US dollars will return home in their trillions to roost.

Where were you when the lights went out?