DR Jerry Massie PhD (Director of P3S, American Political Expert)
Porosdemokrasi.com There is an interesting phenomenon that many observers think America has lost in the war against Iran and say that America’s military strength and missiles are 50 percent remaining.
This is a misleading claim, even though they are misguided and do not understand the conditions in the field. In fact, on the contrary, Iran lost badly in the war against America, both militarily and economically.
Their military battle was helpless, because approximately 6,500 Iranian troops were killed, 160 warships and aircraft carriers were destroyed by America and 55 of Iran’s top leaders were killed. 90 percent of their missiles can be repelled by Israeli iron domes, laser domes and American-made Helios.
In fact, Iran’s infrastructure was devastated and destroyed and it will take decades to rebuild it. Currently, America controls the Strait of Hormuz, dozens of warships and their aircraft carriers and 50 thousand troops are stationed in this strait.
The US has banned Chinese cargo ships from crossing these waters.
It’s not just a military war, an economic war, Iran is helpless against the US. As a result of the war, 1 million people suffered without being paid and the Iranian currency, the rial, plunged to become the worst currency number 1 in the world.
The IRGC is starting to get helpless with the economic crisis before its eyes. Daily losses due to the American blockade reached IDR 8.5 trillion.
The reason is that in the Strait of Hormuz, IRGC ATMs make money, because 30-40 percent of their logistics are obtained through this route. Usually 127 to 140 cargo ships pass through this strait, but now only 5-7 ships can pass and China and India suffer the most because of the 20 percent of trade in the Strait which borders Oman, China and India are the largest apart from Japan and South Korea.
Not yet, infrastructure losses have reached 4.6 quadrillion dollars or if converted into rupiah, Iran’s losses have reached IDR 4,600 trillion due to damage to bridge infrastructure, campus buildings, airports, hospitals and stadiums.
Imagine the prices of basic necessities in Iran rising drastically. Chicken prices are up 75 percent, cattle and sheep have risen by 68 percent and milk by 50 percent.
America and Israel have destroyed 20 thousand factories in Iran, of course this is a major blow, it is only fitting that Iran sends an equalization proposal but Donlad Trump refuses. The reason Iran has not stopped its nuclear production.
Until the factory producing cancer drugs was destroyed by America Not only that, Iran’s currency plummeted on the open market or rose 8 percent to now reach IDR 1.8 million.
