The New York Times reported in March that Netanyahu had embraced the Mossad’s promise of a popular revolt when he urged Trump into the war, and had grown frustrated when no uprising came.

A leaked US National Intelligence Council assessment, compiled days before the first strikes, had already concluded that even a large-scale assault was unlikely to dislodge Iran’s military and clerical leadership, and that an opposition takeover was improbable.

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    6 days ago

    This confirms Mossad was unable to do it, doesn’t it. That means the Iranians aren’t as compromised by Mossad as it appeared during the 12-day war. At least not anymore.

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      It helps when a lot of the senior leadership gets killed off, including the assets.

      It is also hard to revolt at the beginning of a war without being treated by the rest of the country as traitors.