“You may think you’ve seen a militarized version of Iranian politics, but you haven’t”
Given that tension between the United States and Iran has been steadily escalating since Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal, how surprised were you by the move to assassinate Soleimani?
The Trump administration has said Iranians are cheering Solemani’s death, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at all. How was Soleimani viewed by the Iranian people, and what kind of effect could this have inside the nation? Nobody doubts American superiority when it comes to military capabilities and ability to project power globally and within the Middle East, but I think honest individuals will acknowledge — Israel not withstanding — that Iran is the most powerful country in the Middle East. It’s achieved that level of power despite unprecedented levels of economic warfare, and it’s achieved it precisely because the Iranian government has realized it can’t match conventional American military superiority.
Do I think there will be a more specific and more tangible retaliatory attack of some sort on the United States? Yes, I do. But Iran has made it quite clear that it is going to be at a time and location of their choosing. It’s an interesting comment to me because it creates this sense of nervousness and urgency inside the U.S. government, and it doesn’t allow them to do the traditional contingency planning that most responsible government officials would like to do.
tacitly working together inside Iraq in the fight against ISIS — which was being steered, ironically by Soleimani. You saw the U.S. and Iran conduct a prisoner swap that got Americas who were unjustly imprisoned inside of Iran released and reunited with their families. You saw the United States and Iran avert a crisis when American military officials inadvertently crossed into Iranian waters, were detained for 24 hours, and released.
At some point in time we’re going to have to acknowledge that perhaps American troops in the Middle East are making things worse, not better. These problems didn’t exist prior to the arrival. ISIS didn’t exist prior to the arrival of American troops.
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