The Ghost of Saigon in Tehran

As a retired Green Beret with 25 years in the U.S. Army, I have spent much of my life in the dust of Iraq and Afghanistan. I have seen, firsthand, what happens when a superpower tries to trade blood for progress. Today, as I watch the escalating tension with Iran and the new U.S. naval blockade now choking the Strait of Hormuz, I don’t see a “surgical” strategic solution. I see a hauntingly familiar pattern of over-reliance on technical superiority to solve a human problem.