Gen. Petraeus DESTROYS ABC Fear Mongering, Trump Not for War With Iran

Nicholas Fondacaro | May 19, 2019
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Despite warnings from the Trump administration about an imminent attack by Iran or its proxies against American allies and forces, and the attack against oil tankers that followed, the liberal media has been claiming the threat from Iran was being overblown by an administration itching for a war. But, during an interview with ABC’s chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz for This Week, former Army General David Petraeus pushed back and dismantled their fear mongering.

On Wednesday, Raddatz had suggested that the President was on the verge of possibly getting the U.S. into another war based on “faulty” intelligence reports, and equated it to the Iraq War. The suggestion made a return appearance in her interview.

Petraeus just began defending his confidence of CIA intelligence when Raddatz interrupted to ask: “Do you see parallels with Iraq? I mean, clearly, that’s the concern.

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