“So he saw that the Iranian regime was weakened, he knew that they were committed to getting on that brink of a nuclear weapon, and he decided to take action because he felt that was necessary in order to protect the nation’s security,” he added. Once it became clear a decision had been made to engage militarily, Vance shifted his focus to limiting casualties and advocated to move quickly on a strike, fearing that the longer the U.S. waited, the likelier it was that plans could leak in the media, making it likelier that Iran would pre-emptively attack U.S. troops in the Middle East. The war and his obligations as Trump’s vice president to defend it could complicate Vance’s political future in a Republican Party that has less of an appetite for foreign intervention than it did during the days of President George W. Bush’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Author: Henry J. Gomez
Published at: 2026-03-03 23:39:08
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