The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Donald Trump’s national security team failed to fully account for the potential consequences of what some officials have described as a worst-case scenario now facing the administration, the sources said.
While key officials from the Departments of Energy and Treasury were present for some of the official planning meetings about the operation before it started, sources said, the agency analysis and forecasts that would be integral elements of the decision-making process in past administrations were secondary considerations.
Because trump is an idiot, and only wants sycophants around him, and these people are all greedy people that are only there because they kiss trumps ass and don’t care about democracy.
So, all he is getting is unqualified morons running everything.
Of course he doesnt realize fucking anything is going to happen. He’s just high on his own supply of over-confidence.
If he had any advisors telling him attacking Iran was a bad idea, he’d just sack them for someone that will attack whoever he orders them to.
So, they’re all incompetent.
There should be a name for a government run by Dunning-Kruger. Maybe dunningkrugertocracy?
Kakistocracy certainly covers it, but doesn’t seem to really capture the essence of the problem: these people are so stupid and inept that they lack the capability to even realize that they are so terrible at it. It’s Dunning-Kruger from the very top, and given the way they keep purging people, it’s going to be Dunning-Kruger all the way to the very bottom if they have their way.
They are not being unsuccessful. Their measure is not how good your life is. Its how good theirs is. And they are robbing you blind. They can run the country and the world into the ground, doesnt matter.
These people would prefer to be a king in medieval times, than a middle class person today.
They have succeeded in acquiring power, and they spend all your tax dollars on whatever shit they want for themselves. They’re having a blast.
The people getting fucked are those in the countries they are attacking, and those in the country they control, and the rest of the world too, due to oil prices etc…
But they dont care. They have so much money and can just steal more of your taxes, and accept more bribes from companies that want to take more of your worker rights away.
The people are suffering of dunning Kruger.
They think that believing and showing others in their echo chamber how stupid these people are is doing something. They think using the social media they control to make memes and jokes about them to themselves is doing something.
They think being morally correct, or knowing better policies for their country matters. They think its someone else’s fault, and why wont someone else do something about it?
And they just watch all their rights and freedoms evaporate.
They wont even stop using the social media maga controls, or boycott amazon, or McDonald’s or paramount, or any maga friendly company.
And they think their hands are clean because they voted for kamala and then sat back and watched as everything turned to shit, while all they do is blame others like boomers, who btw, protested the fuck out of everything and earned many rights you’re supposed to have today.
Things are going to get a lot worse for everyone. And they think those in charge are stupid for it. They dont give a shot about you. They’ll send you to die, or make you their slave. They dont care.
They are succeeding, the people are failing. They are losing to fucking idiots. Because they cant be bothered to fight back. All they can do is blame others and laugh at how inept their rulers are, as their rulers force them to live shittier and shittier lives. As they take from them, and do whatever the fuck they want.
It is immensely frustrating.