I highly recommend you to open a few foreign newspaper and lurk in foreign forums, groups, &c. you're either misinformed or blind

> don't even have boots on ground

Anyone with half a brain cell knows this would be the biggest strategic, tactical and political blunder of the century

> What do they hold, exactly?

What they hold exactly is:

- middle eastern countries who've been greasing Washington's palms for influence and protection received 0 protection, it'll take decades to rebuild any trust here

- Americans deserted their bases in the region instantly, they are now damaged or destroyed, the US conveniently ask satellite image providers to delay the release of new data

- Lost a bunch (most?) of radars from their early warning system in the region

- US sailors seemingly set their own ship on fire to avoid deployment

- Depleted israel interceptor stocks, more and more things are passing through the dome

- the US spent 12b so far to fuck up Iran, Russia made 6b from the gas price increase in the meantime, big brain move

- the US pulling out of asia to send more shit to the middle east, eroding trust of countries like South Korea

- Israel support in the US is falling fast, in the EU it's gone

- the price of everything will slowly rise, because everything we use rely on gas one way or another, they've been sanctioned for 50 years they don't give a shit anymore.

- the US showing their complete lack of strategical vision, saying something on monday, the opposite on tuesday and denying they even said either things by wednesday