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

Manny Otiko
Democracy Guardian
Published in
5 min readJan 17, 2019

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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…

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Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.