The intelligence failure was systemic, involving not only policymakers but also the intelligence community and military planners who misunderstood the IRGC's role and structure.
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George FriedmanEvidence Quote
“the understanding that we had of Iran was a systemic failure. That is the intelligence community misunderstood it. That is the military had a simplistic model of how the war would be fought. There were many people involved in this mistake.”
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