Reported claim

“Badr Al Busaidi stated that the United States miscalculated by allowing itself to be drawn into the conflict with Iran.”

high confidence 8 sources

Reported by 8 sources.

Belief History

Mar 19 Apr 03

Sources

South China Morning Post supports medium reliability
one labels the war a 'serious mistake' by US
2026-03-20
Middle East Eye supports medium reliability
the US had miscalculated by allowing itself to be "drawn into" the conflict with Iran
2026-03-20
Trita Parsi (aggregated) supports medium reliability
the United States and the Trump administration went into this war with a very false perception of Iran's state of strength or weakness. They believed that Iran was much, much weaker than it actually was.
2026-03-20
The Guardian World supports high reliability
"The American administration's greatest miscalculation, of course, was allowing itself to be drawn into this war in the first place. This is not America's war, and there is no likely scenario in which both Israel and America will get what they want from it."
2026-03-20
RIA Novosti supports low reliability
Еще одна колоссальная ошибка американской администрации - конечно, в первую очередь, позволить втянуть себя в эту войну
2026-03-20
The Guardian World supports high reliability
The American administration's greatest miscalculation, of course, was allowing itself to be drawn into this war in the first place.
2026-03-19
Middle East Eye supports medium reliability
the US had miscalculated by allowing itself to be "drawn into" the conflict with Iran
2026-03-19
RIA Novosti supports low reliability
позволить втянуть себя в эту войну. Это не война США
2026-03-19

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