New gulf war?

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US policy toward Iran is all stick and no carrot

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/15/middl...index.html

Iran is very different to Saddam's Iraq
Unlike Saddam Hussein's Iraq in 2003, however, Iran has plenty of sticks at its disposal.
In 2003 Iraq was a shadow of its former self. I recall driving to Baghdad two years before the war and being stopped at an Iraqi Army checkpoint in the desert. The gaunt, weary troops didn't ask for our papers. They asked for food and water. By 2003 Iraq was weak and isolated. In his hour of need, no one came to Saddam's aid.
Iran is different. It has armed and trained Hezbollah, perhaps one of the most effective fighting forces in the Middle East. It has backed the Houthis in Yemen, who have managed to fight the US-backed and armed Saudi and Emirati armies to a standstill. An array of militias in Iraq receive support from Iran.

A very interesting article, but the most interesting part is how it pictured Iran; an image that the idiotic Trump administration + fan base refuses to admit: a country with many allies and firepower heavier than that of Iraq in 2003.

This is written after the tankers' incident.