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Prairie Gates

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2. Mossad and Likud radically underestimated both the Iranian regime and Hezbollah

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 01:29 PM

10 hrs ago

The bloom is off the Mossad rose: it's very good at figuring out where people sleep, not so good at doing strength analysis.

Netanyahu and Likud were high on their own supply. They learned the lesson learned eventually by all bullies: when you go after somebody who can actually fight back, things are not so easy.

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