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What is happening to the man that I supported, the man that denounced what happened in Iraq,
the man that said no more foreign wars, no more regime change?
The former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has compared the Iran war to Iraq.
He doesn't care about what the American people think, and he may put troops on the ground.
After Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, Donald Trump was supposed to be the anti-Forever Wars candidate.
I am furious about this.
How much is this war going to cost us?
From the BBC, I'm Tristan Redmond in London.
And today on The Global Story,
the US has a tumultuous recent history of interventions in the Middle East.
What makes Donald Trump think that Iran will go any more smoothly?
Gordon, so great to have you with us.
Could you introduce yourself please for us with your name and title?
My name is Gordon Carrera.
I am a security analyst for the BBC, a long time previously a security correspondent for the BBC.