Trump Is in Danger of Repeating Bush’s Middle East Mistakes

Missing uranium: Will Trump’s Iran strike echo Bush’s hollow WMD war?

As 400 kg of highly enriched uranium remains untraceable in Iran, which was the basis of US airstrikes, there are questions whether the US intervention was based on a false premise like the 2003 invasion of Iraq based on the false premise of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

The Bush Administration Turned the War on Terror Into a War for Oil

Respectable pundits and politicians scoffed at the antiwar demonstrators who tried to stop the invasion of Iraq. But the slogan they raised, “No blood for oil,” captured the truth about Bush’s war drive.

Bush's War on Terror vs Trump's Iran approach: How US Middle East strategy evolved

The War on Terror differs from current conflicts, with Trump focusing on decisive force without occupation while navigating a changed landscape including China and Iran's nuclear aims.

Trump is in danger of repeating Bush’s Middle East mistakes

Bush’s War on Terror vs Trump’s Iran approach: How US Middle East strategy evolved

The War on Terror led to regime change in Iraq and a briefly democratic Afghanistan — at least until former President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal. More recently, a separate conflict between Israel and Iran saw the U.S. step in to help destroy nuclear facilities — but observers should pause before making any apples-to-apples comparisons between the two eras. The image of then-White House chief of staff Andrew Card whispering in President Ge…