Former CIA Officer Calls Iran War an American Intelligence Failure

What was said

"At the core of it, I see it as an intelligence failure. Whenever you're in a position like that, you're going in essentially blind and you're going in kind of like the pit bull on the leash for somebody else."

Andrew Bustamante, former CIA covert officer, stated the US entered the Iran conflict without independent intelligence infrastructure, relying entirely on Israeli assessments and targeting packages. He described America as following Israel's guidance blindly, like a 'pit bull on a leash,' resulting in a strategic quagmire when Israel's promised outcomes failed to materialize.