Do we know what Iran is up to?

Michael Ledeen writes in PJ Media,

...It sounds as if Israeli military intelligence has failed to understand what’s going on within the Islamic Republic. It isn’t a power struggle between a radical and a moderate faction. It’s a rejection of regime strategy by the bulk of the Iranian people.

The great accomplishment of Israeli intelligence—the raid on the Iranian nuclear archives—overcame years of intelligence failure. The great accomplishment of the Israeli Defense Forces—the defeat of Iranian military installations in Syria—was carried out despite the failure of Israeli intelligence to comprehend the internal dynamics of Iran. It all goes to show you that bad intelligence doesn’t automatically lead to bad policy. A valuable lesson indeed.

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