The war in West Asia has now been raging for more than three weeks, yet no side is willing to budge from its position. What was supposed to last a few days has stretched for almost a month, and Iran has defied all logic in retaliating against the joint US-Israel attack. With Iran mastering asymmetric warfare with drones and draining the resources of the US, combined with bleeding the oil market through its siege of the Strait of Hormuz, Washington is quietly contemplating a respectable retreat. Even Iran is in bad shape, with a large part of its war machinery destroyed, its top leaders killed, and high casualties among its citizens. Yet the war rages on. Wars have their queer logic; after a point they are fought just for the sake of fighting, as both sides believe they cannot retreat ignominiously and look defeated. But........

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