Trump is conflating Pyongyang with Tehran. The results could be catastrophic | Trita Parsi
(The Guardian Iran)

We´re on our way towards a new cold war with Iran or, even worse, a military confrontation. Will anyone stop Trump?President Donald Trump took a page out of the George W Bush playbook at his UN address on Tuesday. To justify confrontation with Iran, conflate it with Pyongyang. To justify confrontation with North Korea, conflate it with Tehran. This is the latest gimmick in Trump´s desperate efforts to kill the nuclear deal with Iran: by focusing on Tehran´s objectionable non-nuclear policies and false claims of the unevenness of the Iran deal, Trump is arguing that sustaining the international accord can no longer be justified since it doesn´t address the totality of America´s concerns with Iran. Related: Trump at UN: US may `have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea` - live Related: Donald Trump threatens to `totally destroy` North Korea in UN speech Continue reading...