Iran Is the Dumb, Disastrous Remake of Desert Storm
Donald Trump
Over the past month, a number of commentators have suggested U.S. President Donald Trump’s war with Iran is a bad remake of President George W. Bush’s 2003 Iraq invasion. And with good reason. We have the same narrative hooks: a loose interpretation of imminent threat, the specter of weapons of mass destruction, musings of regime change with no plan for the day after, the build-up of ground troops, and the very real risk of regional destabilization. But perhaps Trump’s current conflict makes
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