It took me a few weeks to realise that America was getting nowhere with their attack on Iran – an attack I thought justified by the circumstances. Iran’s governing elite are Islamic barbarians who brutalise their people. The people should be freed from their brutalisation. It took a few more weeks to understand that the Iranians had long expected such an attack and were prepared for it.

The Iranians – most of the population see themselves as Persians – are not stupid people. They saw through Trump, who many people, including erstwhile supporters like me, are starting to think is right off his head – to put it mildly. In an interview with Dominik Presel, Julia Curlee, ex-CIA analyst, who talks about ‘catastrophic planning failures,’ justifies my conclusions. See video below:

The psychopath in the Kremlin must be overjoyed to see Trump make a complete dunce of himself by totally underestimating the preplanned resistance of the mad mullahs. China’s Xi must be licking his lips.

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Ex-CIA Analyst: America Is Choosing to Self-Destruct. And It Will Only Get Worse

Interview with Julia Curlee

Dominik Presl, Aug 15, 2026

This is a conversation with Julia Curlee, who spent 25 years in U.S. national security, including 20 years as a CIA analyst, serving at the National Security Council and briefing senior U.S. officials. She recently left government and is now speaking publicly about what she believes is happening inside the system she spent her career working in.