How the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s Explains Trump's Failures Today
5/27/20268 min
When it comes to wars in the Middle East, the U.S. never seems to learn from its own mistakes (and crimes).
In this video, Mehdi explains why President Donald Trump should have known his war on Iran was bound to go on longer than anticipated – and why the Iranians weren't just going to roll over so quickly.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 1· Soundbite0:00
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Mehdi Hasan· Host0:54
[bell dings] When the US kicked off its disastrous and illegal war on Iran nearly three months ago, President Donald Trump repeatedly promised that the war would end very soon because Iran wouldn't be able to hold out against the mighty US, a claim, a prediction, that he and his cronies delusionally repeated again and again.
Speaker 1· Soundbite1:13
We are on or ahead of schedule in that operation. Expect to conclude at the appropriate time here in a matter of weeks, not months.
Speaker 4· Soundbite1:20
There's just no way that Donald Trump is gonna allow this country to get into a multi-year conflict with no clear end in sight and no clear objective. At the end of the day, they