The Real Intelligence Failure in Iran

Shane Harris: “Trump’s ‘excursion,’ as he calls the biggest U.S. military operation of his second term, has unleashed a parade of horribles…

“A regime that Trump claims to have replaced still remains in the hands of hard-liners, whose repression of the Iranian people will be strengthened for having survived a decapitation strike by the world’s only superpower. And neighboring countries in the Gulf, whose livelihoods depend on exporting energy and creating safe places for people to visit, live, and work, will amass new weapons and reconsider their strategic partnerships with the United States.”