{"id":188711,"date":"2019-05-22T14:59:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T14:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=188711"},"modified":"2019-05-25T05:44:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T05:44:03","slug":"like-iraq-war-time-us-administration-is-lying-american-senator-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=188711","title":{"rendered":"Like Iraq War time, US administration is lying, American senator suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press TV \u2013 May 22, 2019<\/h1>\n
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Iraq 2003<\/p><\/div>\n

A top American senator is comparing the Trump administration\u2019s escalation of tensions with Iran to the period that led to the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine said Wednesday that there were \u201csignificant parallels\u201d between the Bush administration\u2019s lies then compared to Trump\u2019s today.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was referring to former President Gorge W. Bush\u2019s later debunked claims that Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction vis-\u00e0-vis President Donald Trump\u2019s baseless allegations that Tehran is pursuing nuclear weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe got into the Iraq War because an administration lied to us about [how] there was a nuclear weapons program and there wasn\u2019t. We didn\u2019t accept the IAEA saying there wasn\u2019t a nuclear program,\u201d Kaine said. \u201cHere, we had a deal that limited Iran\u2019s nuclear program. … The IAEA said it was working, [President Trump] said no it wasn\u2019t. This is an eerie parallel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With war hawks surrounding Trump such as national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, the US recently deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen this movie before; I don\u2019t like the ending,\u201d said Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin. \u201cI was one of the 23 senators that voted against the invasion of Iraq, when we were so fearful of imaginary weapons\u2026 I think that John Bolton has made it clear long before he became part of this administration, he wants a confrontation with Iran.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there were those who disagreed there were any similarities, suggesting the US president does not actually seek war like Bush.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think that White House was gunning for war with Iraq and was going to find a way to get there. I still don\u2019t think this is where Trump wants to end up, but he\u2019s put us on a path to get there by mistake,\u201d said Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the 2016 campaigning , Trump vowed to stay away from conflicts in the world and bring back the country\u2019s soldiers home.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time the war started, I was against it. And shortly thereafter, I was really against it,\u201d Trump said of the Iraq War ahead of the 2016 presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran has criticized the US military buildup in the region, including the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, a squadron of B-52 bombers, and a battery of patriot missiles, asserting that it does not seek war with the US but would not hesitate to defend its interests in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n

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