Obama is wrong that war has made Iran stronger. He’s right that it’s made the US weaker.

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Campaigning for Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed on Saturday, former President Barack Obama falsely claimed that Iran is in a stronger strategic position now than it was before President Donald Trump launched the Iran war in February. But Obama correctly observed that the U.S. is in a weaker strategic position due to the war.

Let’s start with what Obama got wrong.

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