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Trump's Attack on Iran Won't Destroy the America 1st Movemen
Posted on: June 24, 2025 at 12:50:04 CT
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https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/06/23/trumps-attack-on-iran-will-not-destroy-the-america-first-movement-n2659245
Hopefully that is true, but it does seem to me that narratives such as yours work to fracture the somewhat disparate alliance of groups that Trump had put together that wouldn't normally have been considered allies.
Kurt Schlichter the columnist wrote the opinion piece above yesterday, after Trump was taking victory laps over a "Mission Accomplished" and a piece that was more in line with his campaign promises.
The primary worry that he was addressing was that the Iran bombing & the green light that had been given to Israel to attack Iran & kill much of their leadership had created a big rift within the "America First" movement.
He was making the case that Trump's quick resolution to the conflict would allow the rift to heal quickly and Trump's alliance could continue on as before.
I don't necessarily agree with all that he wrote, but I think that his general reconciliatory tone and efforts were a good thing. As Our Lord had said, A house divived against itself cannot stand. A very large segment of Trump's supporters were against the Israeli attack on Iran and any US involvement in attack going forward from there. In fact, one poll I saw gave that faction a large majorit, with only 19% of his supporters favoring US participation in Israel's war with Iran.
Fighting with other Trump supporters who were upset with his decisions in this matter is likely to be counterproductive to Trump's agenda going forward, at least in my opinion.
Some bullet points Mr. Schlichter made in somewhat magnanimous fasion during the glowing hours when it looked like Trump was clearly a hero and his brinksmanship and showmanship and negotiating prowess had pulled off a near miracle:
Let’s consider the case made by those who disagree with me about crushing these vermin:
1. The United States has a long track record of total failure in the Middle East, with promises of short and painless victories that turned into endless bloodbaths that slaughtered and maimed the best of the American people.
2. America has real problems at home, and we ought to focus our efforts here.
3. We can’t trust the intelligence.
4. This is Israel’s fight, not ours.
5. Lindsey Graham, Mike Pence, and Adam Kinzinger think it was a good idea.
6. This will shatter the American First coalition.
Again, none of these arguments are crazy. These are good points, offered in good faith, that require fair consideration. You can rationally conclude that we should not have attacked Iran without being a nut, a fool, or an antisemite. Many of my close friends have. But I think they are wrong to do so.
Yes, America’s foreign policy elite has completely screwed up everything east of Suez in the last 25 years, but history is longer than 25 years. I was there in the Gulf War 35 years ago, and we had a short, sharp, total victory. We are not condemned to eternal reruns of the failures of Iran and Afghanistan, operations that started brilliantly and only went off the rails because the Foggy Bottom geniuses wanted to impose their faculty lounge version of democracy, including such wine woman obsessions as gender weirdness, upon an unwilling foreign populace. With solid leadership of the kind we now have in the Pentagon and a proper mission that has us acting as warriors rather than cultural missionaries, our troops can achieve victory...
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/06/23/trumps-attack-on-iran-will-not-destroy-the-america-first-movement-n2659245
Hopefully that is true, but it does seem to me that narratives such as yours work to fracture the somewhat disparate alliance of groups that Trump had put together that wouldn't normally have been considered allies.
Kurt Schlichter the columnist wrote the opinion piece above yesterday, after Trump was taking victory laps over a "Mission Accomplished" and a piece that was more in line with his campaign promises.
The primary worry that he was addressing was that the Iran bombing & the green light that had been given to Israel to attack Iran & kill much of their leadership had created a big rift within the "America First" movement.
He was making the case that Trump's quick resolution to the conflict would allow the rift to heal quickly and Trump's alliance could continue on as before.
I don't necessarily agree with all that he wrote, but I think that his general reconciliatory tone and efforts were a good thing. As Our Lord had said, A house divived against itself cannot stand. A very large segment of Trump's supporters were against the Israeli attack on Iran and any US involvement in attack going forward from there. In fact, one poll I saw gave that faction a large majorit, with only 19% of his supporters favoring US participation in Israel's war with Iran.
Fighting with other Trump supporters who were upset with his decisions in this matter is likely to be counterproductive to Trump's agenda going forward, at least in my opinion.
Some bullet points Mr. Schlichter made in somewhat magnanimous fasion during the glowing hours when it looked like Trump was clearly a hero and his brinksmanship and showmanship and negotiating prowess had pulled off a near miracle:
Let’s consider the case made by those who disagree with me about crushing these vermin:
1. The United States has a long track record of total failure in the Middle East, with promises of short and painless victories that turned into endless bloodbaths that slaughtered and maimed the best of the American people.
2. America has real problems at home, and we ought to focus our efforts here.
3. We can’t trust the intelligence.
4. This is Israel’s fight, not ours.
5. Lindsey Graham, Mike Pence, and Adam Kinzinger think it was a good idea.
6. This will shatter the American First coalition.
Again, none of these arguments are crazy. These are good points, offered in good faith, that require fair consideration. You can rationally conclude that we should not have attacked Iran without being a nut, a fool, or an antisemite. Many of my close friends have. But I think they are wrong to do so.
Yes, America’s foreign policy elite has completely screwed up everything east of Suez in the last 25 years, but history is longer than 25 years. I was there in the Gulf War 35 years ago, and we had a short, sharp, total victory. We are not condemned to eternal reruns of the failures of Iran and Afghanistan, operations that started brilliantly and only went off the rails because the Foggy Bottom geniuses wanted to impose their faculty lounge version of democracy, including such wine woman obsessions as gender weirdness, upon an unwilling foreign populace. With solid leadership of the kind we now have in the Pentagon and a proper mission that has us acting as warriors rather than cultural missionaries, our troops can achieve victory...
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Trump's Attack on Iran Won't Destroy the America 1st Movemen - JeffB MU - 6/24 12:50:04