“Between enabling Israel in Gaza and all of its operations across the Middle East,
and now these strikes in Iran,
we are setting the foundation for the next generation’s ‘War on Terror,’”
said Wes Bryant, who served until earlier this year as the senior analyst and adviser on precision warfare, targeting, and civilian harm mitigation at the Pentagon’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence.
He questioned the Trump administration’s abrupt shift from negotiating with Iran about its nuclear program to bombing it.
The idea of an “imminent Iran nuclear threat,” wasn’t serious a few days ago, Bryant said.
“The fact that suddenly Trump was pulled into this reactive major strike against Iran under the auspices of nuclear deterrence is, I think, among the most disturbing red flags of this administration thus far.”
“Trump’s decision to strike Iranian nuclear targets is a short-sighted one that will not achieve his stated objectives,
brings significant risks to the United States,
and could derail his foreign policy priorities,”
said Jennifer Kavanagh, the director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, a think tank that advocates for measured U.S. foreign policy.
“To strike Iran while diplomacy was ongoing undermines his push for peace elsewhere including with Putin.
Why would Russia or any other country negotiate with Trump going forward?”
https://theintercept.com/2025/06/21/iran-israel-united-states-war/
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