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Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci has a theory about why the US military keeps finding itself in awkward positions in the Middle East, and it is not a flattering one for President Donald Trump.
In a post on X Monday, Scaramucci accused the president of ignoring warnings about Iran's military strategy, arguing that Tehran had anticipated US attacks on its leadership and prepared to keep fighting anyway.
Scaramucci criticized what he called an "incurious culture" in America, saying few people recognize Iran's "Mosaic Defense Doctrine."
"When the president was presented with it by his own intelligence team, he dismissed it," he wrote.
He said Iran had studied the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq over two decades and anticipated that American forces would target its leadership rather than launch a ground invasion.
"They watched America in Afghanistan and Iraq for 20 years," he wrote, adding that Iran expected the US to "try to decapitate our leadership."
Scaramucci said Iran developed a system of "31 autonomous units," with multiple layers of command designed to sustain resistance when individual units were attacked.
"The Iranians planned for exactly what happened," he wrote.
He added, "The president dismissed it and led the American military into a major disaster."
The Mosaic Defense Doctrine is Iran's decentralized military strategy, designed to allow regional commands and military units to continue fighting independently if senior leaders are killed or central communications are disrupted. The approach makes it harder for an adversary to cripple Iran's military by targeting its top leadership.
Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei said the US had accepted some of Iran's seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz but called Washington's response "INADEQUATE."
On Sunday, Obsidian Risk Advisors Managing Principal Brett Erickson warned that Iran's continued attacks on vessels made prolonging the war against US interests, saying Tehran was "just taking it EASY on Trump."
Two vessels were reportedly struck, with two Indian mariners missing after the Petro Dolphin incident.
Last week, the Pentagon reportedly instructed US Central Command to prepare for a possible resumption of major combat operations in Iran, including strikes on nuclear, energy and infrastructure targets.
Trump said the war could end "the nice way or the not-so-nice way," claiming Iran's military had been severely weakened and that the US was doing "extremely well."
Iran, however, warned of a stronger response to future US attacks as the Pentagon reportedly prepared to deploy additional troops, warships, fighter jets and a third aircraft-carrier strike group to the Middle East.
Disclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by MarketDash editors.
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