Trump's Failed Iran Offensive: A Chaotic War Fueled by Ignorance and Arrogance
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Ignorance and arrogance were the driving forces behind Trump's disastrous war on Iran. The idea that the Iranian regime plays by different rules, with its own goals, never occurred to him. Five weeks into what was supposed to be a swift and decisive military operation, the reality is anything but precise or overwhelming.
The Gulf countries are now rocked by retaliatory Iranian attacks, the strategically crucial Strait of Hormuz is shut, and there is no sign of the Iranian regime collapsing, either through military degradation or popular uprising. The recovery of two downed US aircrew is celebrated as a minor victory because nothing else is going to plan.
The mistake, as ever, is a combination of hubris and ignorance, flaws made even more serious by the particularities of the Iranian regime. There is a mental lag at the start of wars, a cognitive delay that means you can't quite adjust to the fact that dangerous conflict cannot be swiftly contained.
That mentality is evident in the Trump administration's approach. They believed that a precise, overwhelming military campaign would eliminate Iran's
Source: The Guardian
