Amb. Stan Escudero – The Brutal Iran-Iraq War and Lessons for Today.
46th Anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq War: A brutal war with at least 1 million casualties, trench-warfare, human-wave attacks, wide-spread employment of chemical weapons, and yet after 8 years, no terrain was gained, and neither side was victorious.
Special Guest – Multi-time US Ambassador Stan Escudero was on the ground (undercover) in Tehran during the Revolution in 1979, AND he was POLAD to CENTCOM in 1988 when Ayatollah Khomeini decided to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. He joins us to share valuable insights into the Iranian regime and to discuss the absolutely brutal Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988. How devastating was it to both sides? Why did Iran eventually agree to a ceasefire? What are the lessons for today?