Hard to see that as an indictment of military capability when it is so overwhelmingly a reflection of political incompetence.

Hmmm, the US is not able to control the Hormuz strait. Iran decides who goes through it. Yesterday Iran shot at a vessel [0]. We can argue the semantics of “control” but I think this whole debacle showed the limits of US military power.

[0] https://www.npr.org/2026/06/26/nx-s1-5871963/un-agency-pause...