It would also have allowed the Axis to invade Russia along a second front from Iraq. . In the words of the American Christian Palestine Committee: . In the spring of 1941 Britain’s forces were at their lowest ebb. ..…

Initially, not even pro- American Britain would go along with Trump administration, with officials defending British in the coalition fighting Islamic State who said that there was no enhanced threat from Iran Iraq and Syria... Britain rowed back, saying that it now agreed with..…