Carl Bildt: It suits US and Iranian domestic interests to have enemy abroad

Both countries cite historical aggression for their ongoing enmity, but there is no real justification for the hostility, beyond chest-beating, says Carl Bildt

AFTER the killing of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani, US president Donald Trump tweeted that he would bomb “52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago).”