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A comparative report comparing the Iraq war with the events surrounding the Iran crisis
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2019/05/10 09:34:53
"It is clear that Trump's policy towards Iran was signed by national security adviser John Bolton, who has long advocated regime change in Tehran, and was a key figure in the push," said Michael Hirsch and Lara Seligman. Towards the war on Iraq two decades ago. "
"It is clear that Trump's policy toward Iran has been in the hands of national security adviser John Bolton, who has long advocated regime change in Tehran and was a key figure in pushing for war," said Michael Hirsch and Lara Seligman. On Iraq two decades ago. "
"The observers note the parallels between what is happening now and what happened during the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, not least by Bolton himself, this time in a much stronger position than his position in 2003. It is troubling that Bolton was in late 2002 In early 2003, he was an agent for the secretary of state. He was war-weary and accused of manipulating intelligence to justify the invasion. In 2015, he said he regretted his role in what was seen as a strategic disaster.
An American message
Although it was neither Bolton nor the acting Defense Secretary, Patrick Chanahan, who announced this week the dispatch of the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and the strike force, which included four 52 Middle East bombers, to send a clear message to the Iranian regime that any attack on US interests, The interests of our allies, will be met with an undeniable force.
The media reported that Trump's administration is acting on intelligence information about Iranian threats made by the Netanyahu government.
The authors felt that Bolton's role in the deployment announcement shocked a number of national security experts in Washington.
precedent
"It's unprecedented that a national security adviser should use his authority to send this statement," said former State Department intelligence official Greg Thilman, who ran into Bolton when he was working under his command before the invasion of Iraq. Did not happen even in the invasion of Iraq. "
Another conflict
"After America's invasion of Iraq for 16 years, we are rolling back toward another unnecessary conflict in the Middle East, based on a wrong and misleading logic," the magazine writes.
Trump's opponents believe Iran is more dangerous because it is bigger and more militarily powerful than Iraq, and because the nuclear deal together would have kept more peace than the UN sanctions against Saddam two decades ago.
Do not plan to invade yet
"The difference between Iraq in 2003 and Iran today is that until now, at least, there seems to be no plan for an American invasion, but critics like Thilman see a provocation similar to the Bush administration's provocation to Saddam, Iraq".
"I do not know if this is like the Iraq war, because Bolton wants a war with Iran and is looking for an opportunity," the magazine quoted former Pentagon official Laurent Dejong Schulman, who now works for the New American Security Center, as saying.
He added that Bolton found that the Department of Defense "responds to its priorities and interests quickly, without discussion, and wants people to realize that he directs US policy toward Iran"
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