ABC’s Raddatz Hammers Buttigieg on Iran, Troops: ‘This Is Not John Bolton Asking, This Is the Military’

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BUTIGIEG: "This is not a good sign. Escalation is the last thing we need in the Middle East right now. And when you see what’s been happening, it appears that the administration, driven by the way, by John Bolton, one of the architects of the Iraq War, is continuing to try to prosecute a case to lead to higher tensions, escalation and perhaps conflict with Iran as though we learned nothing from the last 15 years of armed conflict in the Middle East."
RADDATZ: "This is also based on intelligence. And the military, Central Commando — you know Central Command very well, they asked for these troops for force protection based on intelligence about missiles in some Iranian boats. So this is not John Bolton asking for this, this is the military."
BUTTIGEG: "Look, there is clearly a pattern of misbehavior and provocation by the Iranians that goes back in different ways across my entire lifetime."