The war in Iran is getting complicated – and Israel's big mistake is still ahead of us | Ephraim Ganor
An opinion column by Ephraim Ganor argues that the war against Iran is being exposed as a failure, drawing a comparison to the Iraq War. Ganor warns of threats against Turkey that could ignite an additional front, and criticizes the management of the war, particularly the handling of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
An opinion column by Ephraim Ganor, published in Maariv, argues that the war against Iran, from the perspective of the United States and Israel, is increasingly being exposed as a failure. Ganor compares this failure to the United States' war in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, which officially ended in 2011, and notes that the only winner was Iran. He cites a 2019 US military study and a study by the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel, which determined that Israel suffered from 'tactical blindness' in assessing the war's consequences. Ganor warns that threats voiced from Israel toward Turkey, regarding its intention to establish its position in Syria, could ignite an additional front, while all arenas remain open after three years of war. He criticizes the management of the war against Iran, noting that the clearest example is the transformation of the Strait of Hormuz into a strategic weapon for Iran, as the United States failed to open it by force as planned.