JANUARY 11 — The bombs were raining down on the Al-Asad airbase in Iraq few days ago evoking epochal memories across the ages. TV reporters said it reminded them of the light show of 20 March 2003 in Baghdad; political analysts opined it could begin another endless military adventure such as Afghanistan; and likelihood of regional contagion even suggested parallels with Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination in 1914 which triggered WWI.
Trump’s strategy in doing so was highlighted in archival footage when he accused Obama of trying to start a war with Iran as a last-ditch desperate attempt to secure his second-term re-election in 2012. The script fit perfectly with his current predicament, having just lost his impeachment vote in Congress last month.
There is some evidence that Trump will back down and show some uncharacteristic restraint, as he did when he recalled the jets after Iran shot down a US drone. In today’s case, Iran carefully telegraphed that it would make a one-off, “proportional” response to the killing of Soleimani, and then used discretion in targeting their attack on a section of the base that was devoid of American troops.
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