Alistair Burt sums up Donald Trump’s policy in the region as ‘hit them in the nuts first’America’s “hit them in the nuts first” diplomacy is helping put the Middle East on a dangerous trajectory towards a regional war, Alistair Burt, the UK’s minister for the region until last month, has warned. After two spells as Middle East minister covering five years, Burt is the first front-rank former minister to discuss the transatlantic relationship in the Trump era in such honest terms. But subtlety has its place in modern diplomacy too.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Former minister of state for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, says a US war with Iran would be ‘insane’. “Everyone must realise that war in relation to Iran is genuinely insane and simply cannot work. Burt called for a grand bargain in the Middle East to allow the region to focus on issues such as the climate crisis while lowering the risk of conflict.

Source: The Guardian May 31, 2019 11:26 UTC