Commentary
For 40 years, Iran’s leaders have been saying, ‘death to America’ and ‘death to Israel,’ but in a plan that involved strategic deception, President Trump ordered the “death” of Iran’s nuclear bomb development with a surprise early morning attack on three prime nuclear sites.
By now, you will have learned about the details of the mission involving B-2 stealth bombers flown from Missouri carrying multiple bunker buster bombs, a number of fighters and nuclear submarine launched Tomahawk cruise missiles, all facing absolutely no defense by Iran. Importantly, there was no U.S. loss of life or aircraft in the mission.
Due to the availability of the mission details elsewhere, this edition will focus on Trump’s leadership.
Trump supporters will recall his criticism of President Biden’s foreign policy failure in Afghanistan, that he claims led to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Hamas’s October 7, raid on Israel.
While the idiom “walk a mile in his shoes” comes to mind when passing judgment on someone before you speak, Trump was tested in his first term when he ordered the successful demise of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani and ISIS leader Bakr al-Baghdadi.
And how can one question his leadership shown when he shouted “fight, fight, fight” while bleeding from the near death of an assassin’s bullet and showing the simple concern over losing a shoe on the rally stage in Butler, Pennsylvania. Forget his walking a mile in someone else’s shoes, especially Biden’s and Obama’s.
When the news broke of the attack on the Iran sites, I had been working on an edition about the media while glancing occasionally at the Travelers golf on the nearby TV.
I plan to finish that soon, but this is the logical time to cover some of the Congressional comments on the attack.
Virginia Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016, regarded Trump’s action a violation of the Constitution, citing the War Powers Act that he knows every previous president, including Obama, has ignored.
Pennsylvania’s Democrat Sen. John Fetterman, however, continues to be someone who understands common sense. “As I have long maintained,” he said, “this was the correct move by the president. Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and cannot have nuclear capabilities. I’m grateful for and salute the finest military in the world.”
Leave it to the New York Times, especially lefties Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, who continue to pretend being journalists with their reporting of unnamed sources while suffering from Trump derangement syndrome.
In one paragraph, they report, “Some advisors tried to dissuade him from carrying out a bombing raid.”
And in another paragraph, “Congressional Democrats and at least one House Republican were livid that Mr. Trump had not sought congressional approval before moving forward. The two top Republicans in the Senate and the House said they were alerted to the strikes before they happened.”
It’s no wonder that 47 percent of likely voters told Rasmussen Reports that when it comes to getting political news, it has become harder for them to find accurate news they can trust. More on that soon.
May God continue to bless the United States of America.
