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Former CIA Officer Claims US Iran Strike Was Strategic Error Giving Iran Time Advantage

Everyday Spy · The Iran War Isn’t Ending… It’s About to Hit America · May 10, 2026
Former CIA Officer Claims US Iran Strike Was Strategic Error Giving Iran Time Advantage
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The Iran War Isn’t Ending… It’s About to Hit America
"That's one of the major strategic errors that we made in attacking Iran. They have the benefit of time, not us. They can choose how to react, when to react, in what way to react. We don't know if they have a dirty bomb that they're finishing up in some underground bunker right now."
A former CIA intelligence officer argued on the podcast that the U.S. strike on Iran was a fundamental strategic mistake because it ceded the advantage of time to Iran, allowing them to choose when and how to retaliate. He warned that Iran could be developing a dirty bomb or other weapons while the U.S. has no visibility into their plans, and that the conflict could extend for years with unpredictable consequences including potential Hezbollah attacks on U.S. soil.
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