Five Reasons Why Going to War With Iran Would Be A Really Bad Idea

President George W. Bush lands on an aircraft carrier and declares “Mission Accomplished” in 2003. America is still involved in Iraq. (White House)

With the daily bombshells coming out about Donald Trump’s alliance with the Russian government, it’s easy to ignore the many mini-scandals going on. Last week it was revealed that the Trump administration had ordered the Pentagon to draw up plans for a strike on Iran.

This was shocking but not surprising. The Trump administration has long wanted to change the Obama’s administration policies of containment and dialogue, for a more aggressive stance.

Here are five reasons why that’s a really bad idea:

• The last war in the Middle East went so well. It’s shocking to think that any American would want to start another war in the Middle East when the last one went so well. We’re still dealing with the fallout from the Iraq war. President George W. Bush’s military adventure has been described as “the worst foreign policy disaster since Vietnam.” Winning the war was easy, but America lost the peace — badly. Iraq was left in disarray, law and order broke down and it also created ISIS, a terrorist group even worse than Al-Qaeda. Even Al-Qaeda operatives balked at the atrocities ISIS was willing to commit such as burning prisoners of war alive and slavery. ISIS grew out of Iraqi soldiers who were held captive in large American jails after Saddam Hussein was overthrown. Trump blamed ISIS on Obama, but like most things he says, it was incorrect. Apart from setting back the American taxpayers more than $1 trillion, the war also caused a mass exodus from the country, led to massive corruption in the Military-Industrial Complex and killed more than 5,000 Americans and at least 100,000 Iraqis. But it got “Dubya” reelected!
• Did anyone talk about the cost? As Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said, no one talks about the cost when it comes to military adventures. But when you bring up universal healthcare, the first Republicans say is “How are we going to pay for it?” This was something that Bush II never considered during the Iraq war. He actually slashed taxes while he was conducting the war. This has never happened in recorded history! The Iraq and Afghanistan wars have cost more than $2 trillion combined, and yet the Trump administration wants to start another costly war? According to Col. (rtd.) Lawrence Wilkerson, a conflict with Iran would be…