Overthrowing the Assad regime, Boot predicted, would “diminish Iran’s influence” in the region, influence that had grown dramatically since the Bush administration took Boot’s advice and overthrew Saddam Hussein, Iran’s most powerful counterbalance. ..…
Iraq Prior to Iraq War in 2003, while Iraq insisted that it did not have weapons of mass destruction, the US insisted Iraq had WMD and went in with brutal force and toppled Iraqi government and killed Saddam Hussein, without the approval of United Nations.. While Obama..…
Their invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq proved something of an unexpected boon to Iran and something of an epic catastrophe for America. The invasions removed Iran’s two worst antagonists: the Taliban and Saddam Hussein. ..…
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