You've not answered my question mind 😉
I only think it might have failed because of the leaked intelligence report. And I'm willing to believe from what I understand about Donald Trump that he is prone to over exaggeration.
And no - I wouldn't expect any leaders to say those words. Although I'd expect most leaders to be a lot more balanced about their initial statements, given there's still a lot of understandable uncertainty about how much damage has been done - especially as large parts of it were underground.
And yes, the US has some incredible equipment - but nothing that can see through 20 odd feet of reinforced steel and concrete that's built into the side of a mountain as far as I know 😁
I 100% hope Donald is right. And like I said immediately after the strikes - I think he's done the right thing IF it turns out to be as successful as he's claiming.
If I was a betting man though, I'd be putting my money on it not being quite as successful as DT has made it out to be. Probably somewhere in the middle of the two extremes.
I also think there's a very high probability that Iran has moved some of it's enriched uranium elsewhere. Given how much advance warning it had that an attack was likely. If it had come out of the blue then I'd be more inclined to believe it was all still there.
I'm not picking a row on one side or another just because it's DT by the way. I just don't think I've seen enough evidence one way or another to make a judgement call. Which isn't surprising if you think that the report which cast doubt on the amount of damage that has been done was only a preliminary one. So even the intelligence services are still comiling information.
I know you might be happy to take DT at his word and that's fine, but I'm still sceptical given his track record. Remaining cautious and reserved about it is the only sensible position for me at the moment. Given what's at stake.
Imagine DT IS wrong, or is exaggerating or has been fed bad intelligence by some sycophants? We might collectively take our eye off the ball.