I don't have munitions counts handy, but as awesome as the defense apparatus is there, it's still bound by the attrition game. And AFAIK, USA is the primary resupply of those munitions still? It not a forever defense in that regard, still bound by rates of change.
I expect US leadership to keep offering up US dollar and sons and daughters for Israel in the short term, but public support is seriously damaged. Once gas jumps up here from the emergency reserves holding it down at the pump, something big gonna occur.
Once we back to normalcy post conflict. Those NATO states better get nothing from Iran oil.
Iran(and the rest of the middle east) produces mostly light oil, which America already produces in over-abundance. We only need heavy oil, which we get mostly from Canada. Europe has an energy dependence on the middle east and formerly Russia because they mismanage their own resources. But we rely on Europe to operate well so it’s still our problem because we’re the only ones willing to take responsibility for global stability.
Freeing Iranian oil is more about taking it from China(they get it very cheap because of sanctions) than it is about taking it for ourselves or anyone else though.
This post was edited by Shadowoffury on Apr 5 2026 11:24am