The appointment of John Bolton and Mike Pompeo brings the US closer to a new war in the Middle East. Iran is an obvious target, but Tehran has some potent options to discourage Washington's war hawks.

According to Foreign Policy magazine, the newly-appointed White House security adviser “is a national security threat”, it noted that "John Bolton wants regime change in North Korea and Iran, and he’ll do whatever it takes to get it." According Michael H. Fuchs, former deputy assistant secretary of state for east Asian and Pacific affairs, "Donald Trump is assembling his war cabinet" and "if you’re not scared yet, you should be."


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