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It feels lazy to put all our analysis on incompetence and arrogance but there really is no other way to explain it. Like I want to be careful to not underestimate the empire but every move makes it impossible to underestimate them. Very frustrating.
I don't think it's lazy. This is a common thread that weaves throughout the entire history of European colonialism. Their racist ideology repeatedly causes them to underestimate their enemy. In the case of Iran, this has reached a completely new level of absurdity.
Combine this with the empire's decline and we're witnessing a defeat the scale of which the US has never before experienced. Trump is the perfect embodiment of this arrogance.