Trump, like many other politicians in Washington, buys into the myth of Churchill as the doughty and defiant warrior-politician who defeated Nazi Germany. “We’ll fight them on the beaches.” And all that.
But as Trump surges U.S. troops towards the Persian Gulf for a ground war against Iran, the affiliation with Churchill has a more foreboding portent.
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In his earlier career, as First Lord of the Admiralty (1911-15), Churchill was responsible for the disastrous defeat of Allied troops in the Dardanelles and Gallipoli during World War I. Up to 50,000 British, French, Australian, and other Allied soldiers were slaughtered by Turkish forces who were defending an impregnable coastline.
In an article this week, U.S. Retired Colonel Douglas MacGregor points to an ominous similarity to what the Trump administration is attempting in the war on Iran. He warns that any US troops that try to land on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf or on the coast of the Strait of Hormuz will face catastrophic losses from the formidable firepower that Iran has in place. “It’s a suicide mission,” says MacGregor.
