Approaching two weeks into the war, no signs exist of the sort of anti-regime unrest that broke out across the country in January before being crushed in a brutal crackdown that killed thousands. Instead many, even those who loathe the Islamic republic, appear to have recoiled at the destruction and comments including Donald Trump’s threat to target electricity production facilities if the regime escalated. The US president also said Iran’s map will “probably not” be the same after the war, sparking fears the conflict could break apart the country. One sociologist in Tehran, who is critical of the regime and the war, said there was anecdotal evidence of a growing “sense of nationalism emerging from the war” as happened during Israel’s 12-day conflict against Iran last year, when people rallied around the flag. “The fear of Iran’s destruction is increasingly uniting people as they fear the consequences of such a large-scale conflict,” the sociologist said, asking not to be named.
~ no plan survives 1st-contact with the enemy ~
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/05/04/no-plan/
This is a known fact, & among the competent, is in the basic-checklist for planning a war.
Plans based on delusion are not plans: they are delusions, themselves.
Sunzi/Sun Tzu would hold the “planners” in absolute contempt, in this farce.
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