Trump Made a Mistake by Striking Iran, Says Former Secretary of State Blinken
Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called the United States' military operation against Iran a wrong decision. In his view, President Donald Trump made a mistake by choosing a path that every previous administration had kept as a last resort.
Blinken was seen making the remarks in a video published by Iran's Fars News Agency. Speaking at a panel discussion, he said Trump's decision to take military action was wrong.
Blinken said every previous US administration had reviewed the matter and concluded that a military operation against Iran should be the final option. None of them had taken that path before.
Explaining why, he said such an operation might have delayed Iran's nuclear programme temporarily, for a few years, but could not have stopped it permanently.
In Blinken's words, an attack of this kind might have set Iran's programme back somewhat, but only for a few years at most. After that, the programme would have been moved deeper underground and work would have resumed on a larger scale.
The former secretary of state believes a military operation could not have completely eliminated Iran's nuclear activities. Instead, it would have created an opportunity to move the programme to an even more secret and protected location.
