'Only 32 days': Trump compares Iran operation to Vietnam, Korea, Iraq and World wars — What he means?
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US President Donald Trump Photograph: (AFP)
In a Wednesday address, Donald Trump compared the 32-day US operation in Iran to past wars, claiming Iran has been “decimated” and US oil independence is ensured. He vowed 2–3 more weeks of strikes as his approval falls below 40%, with the war increasingly unpopular even among Republicans.
US President Donald Trump attempted to justify the ongoing Iran war, in his Wednesday address, by comparing it to the other wars that America has been involved in. While he did not provide a definitive date to end the ongoing operation, he did specify the timelines of World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Korean and Iraq wars and contrasted it with the latest American offensive on Iran and said that it has only been 32 days. Trump claimed that Iran has been decimated and the US do not need Iranian oil. While he did not mention anything about Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, his focus on explaining the need of the war and justify it comes at a time when his popularity is dipping in the US. Recent polling showed that Trump's overall approval rating slipped below 40 percent, with disapproval climbing above the mid-50s, with the war itself deeply unpopular, even with segments of his own Republican Party.
“It’s very important that we keep this conflict in perspective. American involvement in World War I lasted one year, seven months and five days. World War II lasted for three years, eight months and 25 days. The Korean War lasted for three years, one month and two days. The Vietnam War lasted for 19 years, five months and 29 days. Iraq went on for eight years, eight months, and 28 days. We are in this military operation, so powerful, so brilliant against one of the most powerful countries for 32 days. And the country has been eviscerated and essentially is really no longer a threat,” Trump said in his 19-minute long speech.
The POTUS once again hinted at ending the war soon and vowed two to three weeks further of "extremely hard" strikes against Iran. "We are going to finish the job, and we're going to finish it very fast. We're getting very close," he said in remarks that largely rehashed his daily streams of social-media postings and rapid media interviews.
What he means?
While Trump’s comparison to past American wars is meant to justify the Iran war to the public, many analysts contend it may signal a continued conflict rather than an imminent end, as his remarks offer no clear timeline or strategy for de‑escalation and markets and experts remain uncertain about when the war will actually conclude.
