The hawks are pushing for more war as the Malignant Fascist claims an agreement with Iran is near:
Key Senate Republicans are raising concerns about a reported peace deal being negotiated with Iran, arguing it would be a disaster for the United States that would make meaningless the war launched by President Trump nearly three months ago.
“The rumored 60-day ceasefire — with the belief that Iran will ever engage in good faith — would be a disaster,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote in a post on social platform X.
He said the effects of the joint military operation between the U.S. and Israel titled “Operation Epic Fury” would “be for naught” if the deal as he understood it went forward.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close ally of President Trump who for years has pushed for U.S. military action against the Iranian regime, said a premature deal could fundamentally shift the balance of power in the Middle East in Iran’s favor.
“If a deal is struck to end the Iranian conflict because it is believed that the Strait of Hormuz cannot be protected from Iranian terrorism and Iran still possesses the capability to destroy major Gulf oil infrastructure, then Iran will be perceived as being a dominate force requiring a diplomatic solution,” Graham wrote Saturday in a post on X.
The South Carolina Republican added that such a perception would become a “nightmare for Israel” over time, questioning the rationale behind the war entirely. [snip]
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who served in that role in the first Trump administration, also harshly criticized what he understood as the deal. He wrote in a post on X that it sounded as if it had been negotiated by officials working for the Obama administration. Both Trump and Pompeo have criticized the Iran deal negotiated by that administration as being too weak.
The deal being floated is “Not remotely America First,” Pompeo wrote. [snip]
Later on Saturday, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung wrote on X that Pompeo “has no idea what … he’s talking about,” adding that Pompeo is “not read into anything that’s happening.” [Ed.: he also said about Pompeo, "He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals." Nice sanewashing!]
The president is facing growing pressure on multiple fronts to take measures to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as Americans face four-year record high gas prices, which hit a national average of almost $4.53 ahead of Memorial Day.
Republicans fear they could lose their House majority in this fall’s elections amid falling approval ratings for Trump, and the Senate majority is also now seen as being within reach of Democrats... (our emphasis)
And here we thought MAGA was all about no more foreign wars. Silly us!
The deal Pompeo was referring to, of course, was the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), negotiated under Obama, which the moron Malignant Fascist tore up in 2018, because we can't have any credit given to a black Democratic President, can we!?
In any event, the future Graham, Wicker, and Pompeo fear is already here: the blundering of the moron Malignant Fascist into a war with Iran (at the urging of Bibi Netanyahu) has already given Iran a strategic victory and de facto control over the Strait of Hormuz. Turns out Iran had the cards all along.
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