That is one option. Another could be to drive supporters of the militias into the streets under flimsy pretexts, such as preserving the system that emerged after the US invasion in 2003, which brought the Shiite majority to power, or arguing that these weapons are intended to support Iran in its war against the United States as part of the “Axis of Resistance,” which also includes Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthi rebels in Yemen.