Fmr. CIA Analyst Larry Johnson says that assessment is correct, and it helps explain why Trump has now cancelled strikes on Iran 3 times in 2 weeks.
"The target list showed consequences so catastrophic that even [Trump] could not pull the trigger..."
Iran's missile and drone forces have proven more capable than U.S. pre-war intelligence assessed.
Patriot and THAAD systems are being overwhelmed faster than they can be resupplied, and munitions expended since February have produced little to show for them strategically.
Would Israel strike independently if Trump ends up signing a deal?
"Israel talks a tough game, but they're dependent. They are dependent on the United States. They don't like it. But that's a fact."
He also says Iran's response would be unconstrained in a way Israel COULD NOT possibly absorb.
The war nobody wanted is now the war nobody knows how to end... someone wake me when it's over.
Always a pleasure, @NewSonof
