The David Lin Report · Friday, August 14, 2026
Trita Parsi believes Iran's strategy of horizontal escalation is a reason for the United States and Israel's perceived failure in the conflict. He notes that Iran might feel they did not strike the UAE sufficiently hard.
“I think they believe that their horizontal escalation is part of the reason why the United States and Israel failed.”
“If anything, I think a lot of folks in Iran believe that they didn't strike UAE hard enough.”