Why Trump’s options are limited when it comes to using force against Iran

As US president tells protesters ‘help is on the way’, any military action would be unlikely to succeed

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Donald Trump may not be unafraid to use military force against Iran, according to the White House, but the reality is the US president has few to no options that could obviously help that country’s protest movement, never mind the fact that the history of US intervention in the region has hardly been a success.

Emboldened by the seizure of the erstwhile Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, after an operation that took months of planning, Trump talked up military intervention against the Iranian regime with no military pre-positioning having taken place. In fact, the last few months have seen a drawdown, reducing military options further.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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