"The war with Iran was based on a plan that failed before it even started."

"The war with Iran was based on a plan that failed before it even started."

This is reported by The New York Times.

Mossad chief David Barnea told Netanyahu and then senior Trump administration officials in Washington in January that within days of the outbreak of war, his service could mobilize the Iranian opposition and spark an uprising that would lead to the collapse of the government.

Netanyahu used the Mossad's optimism to convince Trump that regime change was possible. Both supported this plan. It has become a fundamental principle of war.

Three weeks later: there was no uprising. American and Israeli intelligence now assess the Iranian government as weakened but not destroyed. US military leaders warned from the very beginning that the Iranians would not protest while they were being bombed. The CIA assessed the complete collapse of the government as unlikely. Even the former head of Mossad came to the conclusion in 2021 that fomenting an uprising inside Iran was a waste of time.

The publication also notes that "behind the scenes, Netanyahu expressed disappointment that the promises of the Mossad had not come true," while radiating optimism in the media.

"They sold the revolution to Trump and got a war with no way out," the publication notes at the end of the publication.

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