# Iraq war

Echoes of 2003: U.S. Rhetoric on Iran Raises Fears of an Iraq‑style Build‑Up to War

The United States has intensified military deployments and public accusations against Iran, raising alarms that Washington may be following an Iraq‑war playbook of overstating threat to justify intervention. International agencies and some intelligence assessments contradict claims of an imminent Iranian nuclear or intercontinental missile threat, while signs of Israeli‑U.S. coordination and low domestic support for new foreign wars complicate the picture.