Ex-NATO ambassador: Iran war will have ‘far greater reverberations’ than war in Iraq
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Former NATO Ambassador warns Iran war will have greater global consequences than Iraq war, including massive energy disruption.
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Former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder warned Monday that an Iran war would produce consequences far exceeding those of the Iraq conflict, threatening global economic security, international alliances, and the existing world order. Daalder cited unprecedented disruptions to oil and gas supplies as evidence of the conflict's scale, noting the crisis is less than a month old. His comments underscore concerns among foreign policy experts that a broader regional conflict could destabilize energy markets and fracture the coalition-building efforts that underpin current geopolitical arrangements. The warning reflects a shift in how senior diplomatic figures are publicly assessing the potential fallout from escalating Iran tensions compared to past Middle Eastern conflicts.
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