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William Watson: The U.S.-Iran war by the numbers

The U.S. lost one person for every 1,000 sorties it flew against Iranian targets and its tolerance for POWs was zero. War is different now

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Two: Number of countries now blockading the Strait of Hormuz, versus zero on Feb. 27, the day before the U.S.-Israel-Iran war started. The second blockade (the American one) is conditional. If the first (the Iranian) stops, the second will, too, unless the two countries work out a deal for joint tolling of ships, as the U.S. president recently suggested might be possible.

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