Trump’s Failed War In Iran Echoes Bush’s Iraq Blunder
By Center For Americans Progress Photos: Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. — The Trump administration’s disastrous war in Iran has failed to achieve any of its strategic objectives while harming the American people and reshaping the Middle East in ways detrimental to U.S. interests, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress. This war of choice has also further undermined America’s global status. The analysis finds that the United States would have unquestionably been better off had Trump followed in the footsteps of his predecessors and rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arguments for war. Instead, President Donald Trump’s Iran War has proved to be a strategic blunder that will characterize his presidency as did President George W. Bush’s disastrous 2003 invasion of Iraq. The analysis recounts the five primary objectives of the Iran war and finds: The war has not eliminated Iran’s nuclear program, since the country retains 972 pounds of enriched uranium that is a short step from weapons-grade material. Iran’s ballistic missile program has not been destroyed—it retains 70 percent of its ballistic missile stockpile and 70 percent of its mobile launchers. Iran’s naval power has not been eliminated—it now relies on fast-attack craft and even commercial vessels to mine strategic waterways and launch drones. The war has failed to significantly weaken Iran’s proxies, including Hezbollah and the Houthis. The war failed to overthrow the brutal Islamic Republic that has governed Iran for more than 50 years. The war has also inflicted enormous costs on the American people and needlessly exposed U.S. service members and civilians to harm. Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz—through which 25 percent of oil and 20 percent of natural gas global supplies transit, along with other commodities critical to the global economy—has caused prices to skyrocket for consumers and businesses alike. Read the column: “Trump’s Failed War in Iran Echoes Bush’s Iraq Blunder” by Andrew Miller
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By Center For Americans Progress
Photos: Wikimedia Commons
Washington, D.C. — The Trump administration’s disastrous war in Iran has failed to achieve any of its strategic objectives while harming the American people and reshaping the Middle East in ways detrimental to U.S. interests, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress.
This war of choice has also further undermined America’s global status. The analysis finds that the United States would have unquestionably been better off had Trump followed in the footsteps of his predecessors and rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arguments for war.
Instead, President Donald Trump’s Iran War has proved to be a strategic blunder that will characterize his presidency as did President George W. Bush’s disastrous 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The analysis recounts the five primary objectives of the Iran war and finds:
- The war has not eliminated Iran’s nuclear program, since the country retains 972 pounds of enriched uranium that is a short step from weapons-grade material.
- Iran’s ballistic missile program has not been destroyed—it retains 70 percent of its ballistic missile stockpile and 70 percent of its mobile launchers.
- Iran’s naval power has not been eliminated—it now relies on fast-attack craft and even commercial vessels to mine strategic waterways and launch drones.
- The war has failed to significantly weaken Iran’s proxies, including Hezbollah and the Houthis.
- The war failed to overthrow the brutal Islamic Republic that has governed Iran for more than 50 years.
The war has also inflicted enormous costs on the American people and needlessly exposed U.S. service members and civilians to harm. Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz—through which 25 percent of oil and 20 percent of natural gas global supplies transit, along with other commodities critical to the global economy—has caused prices to skyrocket for consumers and businesses alike.
Read the column: “Trump’s Failed War in Iran Echoes Bush’s Iraq Blunder” by Andrew Miller
