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Iran could be the US's Boer war: a hollow victory that marks the beginning of the end of empire | Larry Elliott

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Iran could be the US's Boer war: a hollow victory that marks the beginning of the end of empire | Larry Elliott

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Opinion | The Guardian•Mar 19

Iran could be the US's Boer war: a hollow victory that marks the beginning of the end of empire | Larry Elliott

Nobody gave the Boers a prayer when the war in South Africa began in 1899. It was farmers ranged against the might of the British empire, and the expectation was that resistance would quickly.