How will Washington’s Third Gulf War Play Out?

The way to war, which will surely prove to be the road to hell, seems open with a Third Gulf War looming on humanity’s horizon.

Michael T. Klare
By Michael T. Klare
Iraqis pass by a British tank as they flee Basra, southern Iraq, as smoke looming over the city can be seen in the distance, March 29, 2003. (AP/Anja Niedringhaus)

With Donald Trump’s decision to shred the Iran nuclear agreement, announced last Tuesday, it’s time for the rest of us to start thinking about what a Third Gulf War would mean. The answer, based on the last 16 years of American experience in the Greater Middle East, is that it won’t be pretty. The New York Times recently reported that U.S. Army

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Echoes Of 1991 Gulf War Linger On In Mideast

Today, the U.S. finds itself mired in a long war feared by Schwarzkopf and others who oversaw Operation Desert Storm.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division deploy across the Saudi desert on during preparations prior to the Gulf War, 1990. (AP Photo/Greg English)

The 1991 Gulf War saw only 100 hours of ground fighting as U.S. forces entered Kuwait to end the Iraqi occupation but echoes of that conflict have lingered on for decades in the Mideast. The war pushed America into opening military bases in the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, drawing the anger of an upstart militant named Osama bin Laden and

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