‘Tehran is trying to pull one over on Washington.’ As I often say, culture eats strategy for breakfast. From The Washington Star article, Iran’s Three-Ring Circus Is Performing for One Person: President Trump: ‘Far from bringing Tehran to the table, it is emboldening Mr. Vahidi and the IRGC to stay…
Category: Iran-US-Israel-Middle East
The Cipher Brief: U.S. Intel’s Sobering Assessment of Iran’s War Resilience.
Even after devastating U.S.-Israeli strikes, intelligence assessments suggest Iran’s regime is hardening, not collapsing. ★ For this report, Hollie McKay asked for my input. –RdM The Cipher Brief link to the report: https://www.thecipherbrief.com/sobering-assessment-of-irans-resilience Four weeks into Operation Epic Fury, with airstrikes having killed a sitting supreme leader, wiped outscores of…
Iran Hitting Civilian Targets In Regional Countries
Someone I know helped answer a question I had about civilian targets regarding a burning tower, with a shoutout from Bahrain in the video below. It appears that the Iranians are not only lashing out and striking other regional nations with US military bases, e.g. Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the…