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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
Thousands of people gathered in Basra on Tuesday to bid farewell to Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a senior Iraqi militia commander who was killed in a US airstrike that also killed Iran's Qasem Suleimani
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The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
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“THE only way to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran!” bayed now ex-US national security adviser, John Bolton on Voice of America, through the coarse follicles of his thick walrus moustache.
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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