THE ESCALATION LADDER! Josh Rogin warns on CNN that Trump’s Iran war is moving toward a quagmire with the deployment of 2,5000 Marines and the abandonment of any timeline.
Josh Rogin appeared on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip and delivered a stark warning that Trump’s Iran war is rapidly climbing the « escalation ladder » toward a long, messy quagmire.
« It’s the definition of an escalation ladder,” Rogin said. “It’s the thing that everyone talks about when you plan a short war, a war that’s going to be quick and easy. Essentially, the enemy gets a vote, they escalate, your instinct is to re-escalate, then they re-escalate, and before you know it, you’re in a quagmire. And sure enough, that seems exactly what’s happening. »
He pointed out the whiplash: « It was only yesterday, remember, Abby, where Trump said, we’re done, we won, we’re going to get out, it’s over, it’s going to be over very, very soon.
“That’s what he said yesterday. And today, he deployed 2,500 marines toward Kharg Island. It’s going to take them two weeks to get there, and he abandoned any timelines for the war. He said It’s going to take as long as it takes. »
Rogin stressed that Trump’s decision to escalate, despite Iran promising more retaliation, will drag the region and world into « further economic chaos, further disruption, higher prices, higher inflation, more instability, more shortages, more migration, more extremism, and a war that lasts for months and months. »
He called for someone to “find an off-ramp before it’s too late.”
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