Palantir’s Thiel laments Iran war – Politico

The conflict shows that the US lacks hard power and is possibly losing the “soft power war,” Peter Thiel reportedly said Billionaire tech investor and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel has expressed regret over the US war against Iran, warning that it could ultimately lead to International Criminal Court warrants for the Trump administration and have broader implications for the US, Politico reported on Thursday.The outlet cited a transcript of a lecture given by Thiel earlier this month, part of the series of private events held in Nashville.Thiel, a staunch backer of US President Donald Trump, has expressed doubts over the Iran war, which was launched by the US and Israel earlier this year, suggesting that it has exposed America’s weaknesses.“I’m skeptical of [the war], I think we should not have done it. There were a lot of mistakes that were made,” Thiel said, as quoted by Politico.Maybe we don’t have the hard power. Maybe we’re going to lose the soft power war.While reiterating his support for Trump, he warned that the war could backfire for the administration and lead to legal troubles with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Trump administration has had a hostile relat...