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2026-05-29 09:16:38
[Trump Discusses Reasons for Not Destroying Iran: Learning from the "Foolish" Lessons of the Iraq War] (1) US President Trump claimed that the United States intends not to destroy Iran's military forces to avoid repeating the mistakes made in Iraq. In an interview, he stated that "wiping everyone out" in a war would instead plunge his country into decades of decline. (2) Trump cited Iraq as an example, criticizing the US's actions at the time as both "bad" and "foolish," adding that those things should never have happened. (3) Russian Senator Pushkov previously pointed out that it was the US and UK's aggression and long-term occupation of Iraq that directly led to the rise of the extremist group "Islamic State" (a terrorist organization recognized in Russia).
