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Will US Troops Be At Greater Risk After Tit-For-Tat ‘Terrorist Org’ Designations With Iran?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Following the US decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, and Iran’s decision to do the same with US Central Command in response, Russia’s RT<\/em><\/a> has suggested that the escalation in tensions may put American troops at greater risk while operating in the Middle East. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For example, the 2016 detention of 10 US sailors who strayed into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf may have gone differently today than it did three years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The approach will be much different… the American soldiers would be treated as terrorists and not as soldiers of a [state-run] army,” said Ali Rizk, a Middle East-based journalist and writer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terrorism is a criminal offense under Iranian law, and so \u201cIran could have taken the toughest action, including imprisonment and a subsequent trial,\u201d<\/em>Vladimir Sazhin, senior research fellow at Russia\u2019s Institute for Oriental Studies, stated. –RT<\/em><\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And while National Security John Bolton is undoubtedly a huge fan of the new terrorist designation pissing match, the last two administrations were hesitant to do the same, according to the New York Times<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The George W. Bush administration considered a range of tough actions on Iran during the Iraq war, but held back.<\/p>

\u201cThe potential blowback vastly outweighs the benefits<\/strong>,\u201d said\u00a0Jeffrey Prescott<\/a>, a senior Middle East director under President Barack Obama.<\/p>

Wendy R. Sherman<\/a>, a former top State Department official, said the Obama administration considered designating the Revolutionary Guards a foreign terrorist organization, but decided against it because there would be no practical payoff given the risks to Americans and the fact the group was already under other sanctions.<\/p>

\u201cBy designating a foreign military as a foreign terrorist organization, we were putting our troops at risk, particularly our troops in Iraq, next door to Iran<\/strong>,\u201d she said.<\/p>

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