Picking a Fight With Iran: Why Pretend Any Longer?

by Scott Horton | May 17, 2019

Picking a Fight With Iran: Why Pretend Any Longer?

by Scott Horton | May 17, 2019

A “U.S. official” tells the Times, “the ultimate goal of the yearlong economic sanctions campaign by the Trump administration was to draw Iran into an armed conflict with the United States.”

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Scott Horton is director of the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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