Piers Morgan blasts Trump over Iran strategy, war objective 

The latest criticism of President Trump’s strategy in Iran is coming from an unlikely place — Piers Morgan, someone who has had a friendly relationship with the president in the past. But speaking on the BBC, Morgan didn’t mince words when asked about the administration’s goals in the Middle East.  

“Host: Do you think he has a clue what he’s trying to achieve in the Middle East? 

Piers: No I don’t. I think he’s thought that he could pull a Venezuela here, decapitate the leadership of Iran, and it would all get settled quite quickly. And I’d think two weeks in, what is very clear is this is not going to get settled quickly.”  

He went on to say: “All the mission statements he’s laid out have changed day by day, sometimes hour by hour. It was going to be regime change. It was after the nuclear capability, which we’d been assured only 10 months ago had been dismantled already.”  

Morgan’s point speaks to something deeper about this conflict: The strategy, or at least the public explanation of it, has shifted repeatedly.  

Two weeks ago, the United States launched a war aimed at toppling the Iranian regime. The expectation inside the administration, according to reporting in The Washington Post,........

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