Comment by elictronic

The backbone of the US military is the logistics. It's why a US carrier being undersupplied was such a big deal. Making the US military look incompetent can very well be the goal.

Considering Iran is looking for any possible avenue to make the US look bad especially directly before an election with a president who cheerleads the military strongly while not actually putting the time or thought into what makes it strong.

This would be worth far more than the vulnerability itself to Iran right now. No real injuries causing escalation. Making a more capability adversary look foolish.