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Attacking Iran would be a catastrophic mistake for Washington, as the US is too internally weak to wage a new major in the Middle East, University of Tehran professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi told Sputnik's New Rules podcast.
The U.S. military conducted airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria involving Iranian-backed groups, according to the Pentagon and U.S. officials.
The fact that early on we were told that there was an ability to back a significant, small rebel group in syria that, you know, would have been able to topple assad and may have prevented all of this from happening. because isis is the group that was emboldened by our lack of action in syria. is that not right? >> it is. you know, you lay down red lines to get crossed, what you're really doing is turning on green lights elsewhere. and the green light is the united states has squandered whatever standing we had and authority that we had and strength that we had in the world, and now the lunatic...