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The results of the Iranian strikes on US military bases in the region reflect a major miscalculation, according to former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter.
The US-Israeli military campaign effectively failed because it only killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and others, including his young granddaughter, but it did not topple the regime as US President Donald Trump had hoped for.
In fact, Ritter adds, the Iranians mourned their Supreme Leader and called for revenge instead of regime change, as America intended.
The strikes also failed to end Iran’s missile program. Ritter says Iran’s response was unexpected, as it bombed Israel, some Arab countries, and economic facilities, with disastrous consequences for the idea of the United States’ ability to protect its allies, especially the Gulf states.
America will face a crisis. To prolong the war, Trump will need to amass more military capabilities, something military leaders warned him about before the war, telling him that its continuation would deplete US military equipment in the region, the former US officer says.
Ritter predicted that Iran would recover from the attack and that the United States would run out of ammunition. He said that the Gulf states should reconsider their reliance on Washington for their security, anticipating major decisions in the coming days.
For his part, Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said that his country, unlike the United States, was prepared for a protracted war. In a tweet, he added, “We will make our enemies regret their miscalculations,” in response to the attacks launched by the United States and Israel against Iran.
In the United States, Trump threatened Iran with a powerful strike, asserting that the “big wave” was yet to come and that he did not rule out sending troops to Iran according to JO24 based on Al Jazeera.
