Intelligence Warning Undermines Trump’s Iran War Plan

An NIC assessment completed a week before the U.S.-led attack on Iran warned that a large-scale assault would likely fail to achieve Trump’s main objective of regime change, with Iran expected to preserve power after the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei and its fractured opposition unlikely to seize control; the article notes Trump’s public push for sweeping destruction amid mounting casualties, prompting questions about the war strategy.