Donald Trump is “making it up as he goes along” in the ongoing conflict with Iran, according to a senior BBC journalist.
Jeremy Bowen, the international affairs editor at BBC, warned that the US president could learn that launching wars is far easier than bringing them to an end.
The conflict has now entered its 11th day after the United States and Israel began bombing targets in Iran. However, the precise objective of the military action remains uncertain.
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Donald Trump has delivered varying explanations for the campaign. At times, he has suggested the goal was regime change, while also claiming Iran was close to developing a nuclear weapon and preparing to attack the United States.
Earlier this week, Trump said: “We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough.”
The statement was rejected by the Iranian government, which remains in power despite the reported death of the country’s former Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
BBC Analysis Questions US Strategy In Iran Conflict
Speaking on Today programme on BBC Radio 4, Bowen said the absence of a clear strategy made the conflict difficult to navigate.
“It is hard to know when to stop if you don’t know exactly where you’re going.
“It is even harder to do that when the US, the world’s most powerful country, seems to have gone to war without a coherent political strategy under a president who the evidence suggests is making it up as he goes along.”
Claims About Iran’s Capabilities Disputed
Bowen’s remarks follow comments he made a day earlier disputing several claims by the US president about Iran’s military capabilities and nuclear ambitions.
“He’s still actually claiming erroneously that Iran was a few weeks away from getting a nuclear weapon – there’s no evidence for that,” Bowen said.
“He’s also said that Iran has Tomahawk cruise missiles that could have destroyed that girls’ school where so many were killed. There’s no evidence for that either because they’ve only sold them to Britain and Australia.”
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