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Worse than you think: Reasons a US war with Iran would not go well
In the wake of Qasem Suleimani’s death, MILES ELLINGHAM describes the momentous drawbacks involved in a head to head US conflict with Iran
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Back in 2009, all of this was just huffing and puffing. Now, however — sure as the coffin of Iranian general Qasem Suleimani moved stoically down the avenues of the Iranian capital, flanked on all sides by cries of “Death to America!” — a US war with Iran is looking ever more likely.
This would be a disaster for the US military and the Middle East. For all the chest-thumping we’ve seen from the upper echelons of the Trump administration, the idea of war with Iran — particularly a full-scale invasion — is a joke. The generals know it, the think tanks know it, moreover, the Iranians know it.
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