https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/navy-families-denounce-trump-hegseth
Iranian missiles have already destroyed significant capacity for the US military's paper thin logistics network in the middle east, leading to severe food and sanitation shortages throughout the Navy. Sailors are losing their minds, posting borderline mutinous language on social media, and self harming. Some have lost 20-30 lbs due to their meagre diet.
GO HOME GI
Any more pressure could possibly snap the lines entirely and force a retreat but Iran may be chosing keep them barely supplied to put political pressure on Trump instead.
Could also be a situation where if they collapse the supply lines, the US will escalate and will regroup and reorganise better supply lines. This war is more focused on attrition, so slowly bleeding the US dry through inefficient supply lines like this probably does more damage than a big loud strike on them would.