After conversations with the guards who knew him most comprehensively in an Israeli prison, one major weakness of Yahya Sinwar emerges: his stubbornness, his desire to go all the way without changing his mind, even when he realizes that he is wrong.
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This phenomenon is also associated with what is known as cognitive closure – the desire to make a clear judgment about a complex problem, without questioning even when new information arrives that undermines the validity of the original answer.
Such personality types are characterized by high self-confidence, a refusal to re-examine information, and a forceful decision-making process – which does not work during a test.
These qualities failed us in the Yom Kippur War; Stalin, who believed Hitler's lies before Operation Barbarossa; It also led to the greatest American defeat of the 20th century, when General MacArthur underestimated Chinese military power in the Korean War.
It's only a matter of time before they fail Sinwar again.
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