Trump is bound to repeat Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ folly in Iran: Marwan Bishara

Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara, speaking from Paris, says both Israel and the US have long exaggerated the Iranian nuclear threat for political gain. He notes the US began sounding alarms about Iran’s nuclear ambitions in 1981—before Netanyahu entered politics—and argues this narrative has repeatedly been used to justify military action and deflect from domestic issues. Bishara warns that the current rhetoric mirrors the lead-up to the Iraq War, with calls for regime change and inflated threats. He stresses that Iran has not pursued nuclear weapons since 2003, according to international intelligence and a religious edict by Ayatollah Khamenei. Any war with Iran, he says, would be a costly and destabilizing mistake. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #IranUSRelations #IranNuclear #IranWarThreat #IranConflict #MissionAccomplished #IraqWarLessons #Netanyahu #AyatollahKhamenei #IranPolicy #USForeignPolicy #AlJazeeraEnglish