US President Donald Trump’s obsession with “Making America Great Again” combined with his demonization of certain countries could lead to war between the United States and Iran in a year or two, according to award-winning Irish writer and journalist Patrick Cockburn.
Cockburn, who specializes in analysis of Iraq, Syria and US wars in the Middle East, made these remarks an article published by The Independent on Friday.
Cockburn wrote that former US President Barack Obama deserves credit for escaping being sucked into “a broader conflict against Iran,” justifiably suspecting US allies in the Middle East like Saudi Arabia and (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council states were “eager to see the US fight their battles for them.”
But Trump, who unlike Obama does not read books and does not have a sense of history, is not aware of the pitfalls the US needs to avoid a war with Iran,” he noted.
He wrote that the…