The Underdog Playbook: How Iran Could Prolong a US-Israel Clash with Drones and Proxies
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The piece argues that weaker powers win by asymmetric warfare, and Iran is leveraging proxies in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen along with inexpensive Shahed-136 drones to pressure US bases and allies, potentially dragging out a US-Israel confrontation in the Middle East, echoing past conflicts like Vietnam, Algeria, Afghanistan and Ukraine.
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