In an interview with Newsweek, PeteButtigieg blasted the Trump administration's Iran rhetoric and suggested troops could be used as 'props' (via SpyTalker)
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says U.S. troops are being used as “props” and questions the rationale for the Trump administration’s bellicose talk on Iran.
“Yesterday I was at a ceremony where we were acknowledging South Bend high school students who were committing to go in the military. And the idea that they might be used as props, as has already happened at the border, is really disturbing to think about.”Buttigieg, a U.S. Naval Reserve intelligence officer who did a six-month tour in Afghanistan in 2014, also said he was “puzzled” by President Donald Trump's reliance on National Security Advisor John Bolton for advice about Mideast policy.
“I hardly know, from the outside looking in, all the pieces that are going into” Trump’s calculus on Iran, he said, “but it does seem a little strange that there's this sudden urgency, and of course it coincides with a moment of considerable embarrassment for the president on other issues." On Wednesday, the U.S. ordered all nonessential personnel to leave Iraq, and last week an aircraft carrier group and other resources were shifted to the Persian Gulf region, the Associated Press and other media outlets reported. The administration also envisioned sending 120,000 troops to the region. Pentagon officials told Newsweek’s James LaPorta that if deployed, “the role of the 120,000 U.S. forces would center on logistical support and developing infrastructure to preposition U.S.
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