No deal was necessary if Netanyahu hadnt started a pointless war – Peter
American power is not what it used to be. American hubris, on the other hand, is stronger than ever.
The hubris last peaked in 2003 when president George W. Bush stood on an aircraft carrier in front of a banner that declared “mission accomplished” in the war with Iraq. It took seven long years before US troops could withdraw from that fiasco.
Now we have seen Bush eclipsed. Donald Trump showed even greater hubris this week with his declaration of victory in the war with Iran.
And that is a problem for American allies – including Australia.
“We stopped nuclear holocaust,” the president claimed of his deal at one point when speaking at the G7 summit in France. He argued he had brought peace to the Middle East, opened the oil trade and averted economic catastrophe.
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