Like Mark Wright and Noah Rothman, I am inclined to believe the Iranian nuclear program has been dealt a severe setback. Was the program “obliterated”? That claim by President Trump and his subordinates seems at once overblown and beside the point.
To say that Trump is prone to exaggeration is the antithesis of exaggeration. Plus, the claims of total eradication started flying before it was possible to have performed a damage assessment in a country in which American spy agencies — while highly capable of technical surveillance — are dependent on allied intelligence services for the kind of on-the-ground information needed for a reliable assessment.
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