Six unsettling parallels between the run-up to violence in Iraq in 2003 and Iran in 2020
“I saw last night there was dancing in the streets in parts of Iraq. We have every expectation that people not only in Iraq but in Iran will view the American action last night as giving them freedom.” —“Five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn’t going to last any longer than that.” —Donald Trump
, 6/25/19, after calling off a retaliatory strike on Iran for downing an American drone at the last moment. "You're not going to need an exit strategy," Pres. Trump says when asked if he has an exit strategy if war were to break out with Iran. "I don't need exit strategies."
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