A U.S. Army Major-General just assessed the Iran conflict on @bitsandbips — and the takeaways are not what most people think. With @ramahluwalia @austincampbell @perkinscr97 + General "Spider" Marks, Head of Geopolitical Strategy at Academy Securities 🛢️ Iran never had the capacity to close the Strait of Hormuz — the US Navy is the only force that could 🎯 The conflict shifted from decapitation to a methodical grind through high-value targets 🕌 The next Iranian leader may not wear a turban ⚓ The submarine strike on an Iranian frigate was a direct message to China 🇺🇸 A new US doctrine is forming: strike decisively, no nation-building — "kill the horse" Timestamps: 🎤 0:00 Introduction 🌊 2:29 Whether the Strait of Hormuz is truly closed and what it means 🏛️ 15:24 How the Iran conflict could fracture like Yugoslavia — or not 💰 25:26 What oil markets are actually pricing in and why tankers won't move 🌏 33:09 How North Korea and Cuba are reading the new Trump strike doctrine 🐉 37:02 Whether China sees Taiwan differently after watching Iran get hit ⚔️ 43:25 What new battlefield tech — AI targeting, drones, directed energy — proved itself 🤖 46:54 Whether handing autonomous AI systems lethal decision-making is justified 📈 49:46 How crypto and macro markets should be positioned amid the geopolitical chaos