Daniel Davis Deep Dive Scott Ritter: NO WAR PLAN in IRAN We're Making It Up as we Go Along
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Mar 31, 2026 
Scott Ritter, former US Marine intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector, delivers blunt military analysis. He critiques air campaign planning and leadership competence. He discusses economic pressures like oil, shortcomings in coalition-building, Iran’s hardened targets, and the absence of a coherent war plan. He warns about legal, moral, and morale consequences of improvising military strategy.
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Air Campaign Shows Lack Of Clear Targets
- The current U.S. air campaign in Iran lacks coherent targets, goals, and reliable intelligence.
- Scott Ritter argues repeated mass strikes ("a thousand bombs a day") indicate poor targeting and a return to flawed Gulf War-era bombing assumptions.
Iran's Underground Production Undermines Bombing
- Iran prepared by moving critical production underground and evacuating equipment when threatened.
- Ritter cites Yazd and other subterranean facilities plus prior Iraqi experience where destroyed sites were quickly reconstituted.
Desert Storm Inspections Revealed Evacuated Targets
- Ritter recounts post-Desert Storm inspections where supposedly destroyed Iraqi facilities had been evacuated and were back in operation under new concrete.
- He uses this first-hand example to show bombing often hits empty shells while production continues elsewhere.