Wednesday 15 May 2019

Michael Maloof on Iran Escalation

He thinks Bolton is behind this, and that it is a response to Bolton's feeling pressure from Trump. Many are questioning the intelligence behind this escalation and Maloof says that they should remember what happened in 2003. I think what they, and the New York Times, should remember, is that what happened in 2003 isn't over yet.


Jill Abramson, The New York Times Washington Bureau Chief at the time, on the NYT's front page coverage of Iraq and the WMD investigation.


But in October 2014, the NYT was still hinting darkly at use of chemical weapons by Iraqi military.


But if some deranged members of a cult in Tokyo could manufacture Sarin and VX nerve gas, then so could many other terrorist groups. And on Bolton's reputation in Washington:


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