Any war between the US and Iran would be a catastrophe. And no one could win it | Analysis by kileycnn
They're also a gamble.According to intelligence sources in the Middle East and the West, recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities were launched from Iranian soil. Iran has been blamed by the US, UK, France and Germany among others for being behind the cruise missile attacks; claims that the Houthi rebels in Yemen were responsible were dismissed as implausible.
It is the danger of making war against Iran now that has so raised the specter of even greater horrors if a conflict is postponed.But any attack on Iran could go from a show of force by the West, to all-out conflagration in moments.Trump and other hawks say Iran has continued to back Hamas in Gaza, and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.Iran's military reachHundreds of thousands of Shia militia in Iraq see Iran as their spiritual home.
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