The anti-Iran push has proved difficult even among the allies, which remember a similar campaign against Iraq that was led in part by Bolton
WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration draws up war plans against Iran over what it says are threats to U.S. troops and interests, a senior British military official told reporters at the Pentagon on Tuesday that he saw no increased risk from Iran or allied militias in Iraq or Syria.
As someone sent four times to that misguided war, I have seen the costs of Bolton's disastrous foreign policy in a way he never will And on Tuesday, the State Department appeared on the verge of ordering a partial evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad as a heightened security measure, according to people familiar with the plans.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s efforts this week to recruit European countries to back the administration’s steely posture on Iran are being received coolly.
Privately, several European officials described Bolton and Pompeo as pushing an unsuspecting Trump through a series of steps that could put the United States on a course to war before the president realizes it. While Trump has made no secret of his reluctance to engage in another military conflict in the Middle East, and has ordered U.S. troops home from Syria, his secretary of state and his national security adviser have pushed a maximalist hard-line approach on Iran.
That lack of trust has proved to be a major obstacle in convincing allies that Iranian behavior in the region warrants military action. One big worry is that the Trump administration has issued the most expansive type of warning to Iran, without drawing specific red lines. That has increased the chance of a military conflict over misinterpretations and miscalculations.
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