The professor of International Relations at PUC Minas, Danny Zahreddine, stated during the program WW that the United States’ overconfidence is hampering its understanding of the global systemic crisis caused by war. The statement was made in the context of recent attacks on ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
According to Zahreddine, the White House’s stance reflects a disconnect with reality. “It’s interesting, it seems that it lives in the metaverse. There were several threats from the Iranian government that it could close the Strait of Hormuz and that it could share the costs,” highlighted the expert.
The professor, who is “Middle East, Old and New Conflicts” and director of the Institute of Social Sciences at PUC Minas, pointed out that the biggest problem was the United States’ excessive confidence in its reports and closest advisors. According to him, they saw a window of opportunity, mainly on the part of Israel, to launch military actions.
Zahreddine also mentioned the learning that Iran gained from the so-called “Twelve-Day War”, which occurred nine months ago. “The greatest lesson was precisely this, that in the Twelve Day War, nine months ago, they did not share the course of the war”, he explained. According to the professor, the United States and Israel assessed that the Iranian regime could collapse with the “decapitation” of leaders, underestimating the threats of economic retaliation such as .
“What we see in 12 days is that plan A didn’t work and plan B is still a little far from working,” said Zahreddine. For him, North American overconfidence will hinder the discernment of the enormous and systemic crisis that the world is currently experiencing, with direct impacts on the global economy, especially on the supply of oil.
