‘The View’ argues whether Iran campaign is historic blunder like Iraq or will keep future Americans safe
CNBC’s Sara Eisen clashed with the co-hosts of “The View” Friday, arguing President Donald Trump’s military operation in Iran will keep future generations of Americans safe, but her co-hosts were unconvinced.
Eisen, who was serving as a guest co-host, argued that a case could be made for toppling Iran.
“It is a strategic opportunity so that our children do not have to face the greatest state sponsor of terror being a nuclear power,” she said.
“When they get a nuclear weapon, and they threaten our ally, Israel, or Eastern Europe, then it’s too later.
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“So, you feel safer today?” “View” co-host Ana Navarro asked.
Eisen argued that she felt safer knowing that America is working to prevent the rise of a potential nuclear threat. Co-host Sara Haines, while sympathetic to her perspective, argued that the past has lessons that should be heeded.
“I agree with all the points you just made. My fear going in, although I could see taking out the leadership in Iran was a good thing, was what is — how do we get out?” she asked. “Because we have watched this in Iraq. We watched what happened.”
Haines went on to argue that Iran would not only be a uniquely dangerous territory to invade but an impossible war due to the succession of Iranian leadership. (The Trump administration has said much of Iran’s leadership has been killed in strikes during Operation Epic Fury.)
Haines also noted that there is a particularly extreme culture in Iran among its leadership to the point where it specifically “honors death” in that Iranian regime loyalists believe martyrdom against the enemy grants an eternal reward in the afterlife. This, she argued, has no equivalent in America.
When Eisen claimed Trump is indeed aware that the American public has no desire for another long-term ground war, co-host Sunny Hostin jokingly quipped, “You think he has a plan or the ‘concepts of a plan?’”
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“I believe that they have more than you guys give them credit for,” Eisen replied, citing multiple strategic goals they have laid out.
Navarro later argued Trump has made a grave miscalculation with Iran.
“Frankly, I think — I think Trump has what a friend of mine called ‘Venezuela derangement syndrome,’ and he thought getting rid of the regime and finding people to work with in Iran was going to be as easy as it was in Venezuela. And it’s proven to be a completely different ball of wax,” Navarro said.
White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told Fox News Digital Trump had four distinct goals concerning Operation Epic Fury.
“The Trump-deranged wackos on ‘The View’ have no talent and a very poorly rated TV show,” Wales said.
“President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury with four distinct goals: Destroy the Iranian regime’s ballistic missile and production capacity, annihilate the Iranian regime’s Navy, end their ability to arm proxies and guarantee that Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon.
“The United States military is meeting or exceeding all of its benchmarks, and the president’s decisive action is quickly eliminating short- and long-term threats to the United States and our allies.”
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Rep Boebert rejects call for another $200 billion to fund Iran war, while Americans ‘can’t afford to live’
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., told CNN Thursday she is opposed to sending another $200 billion to fund the Iran war, warning that such efforts are endangering Republican chances in the midterms.
“I will not vote for a war supplemental. No. I am a ‘No.’ I’ve already told leadership, ‘I am a no on any war supplementals,'” Boebert told CNN’s Manu Raju.
“I am so tired of spending money elsewhere. I am tired of the industrial war complex getting all of our hard-earned tax dollars. I have folks in Colorado who can’t afford to live.
“We need America First policies right now, and that — I’m not doing that.”
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In the past few months, there has been a growing internal battle among President Donald Trump’s MAGA coalition over whether he has fulfilled the campaign promises he ran on for years.
Some podcasters who have praised or been friendly with Trump in the past, ranging from comedian Andrew Schulz to Joe Rogan, have blasted the Iran war as a huge departure from Trump’s rhetoric on ending such foreign conflicts.
Now the GOP is struggling to wrangle enough support to keep funding the military operation in Iran.
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In her declaration to CNN that she will not back the Pentagon’s bid for $200 billion in supplemental funding, Boebert echoed the common sentiment that the military operation is putting Republican chances in the midterms at risk, and other initiatives are far more pressing.
“We need the SAVE America Act, FISA with warrants. There’s a lot of hard lines that I have right now, and we’ve got to get our act together if we want to keep this majority, and the path that we’re going doesn’t look very promising,” she said.
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When another reporter asked whether she thinks the Trump administration should get out of Iran, she replied, while walking away, “That’s up to the president.”
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Iran regime could ‘fall pretty soon,’ Victor Davis Hanson says, as global tide turns
Historian Victor Davis Hanson predicted the Iranian regime could “fall pretty soon” as President Donald Trump’s air campaign continues in the Middle East.
Appearing on “Hannity” Thursday, Hanson argued the president’s strategy in the Middle East is working. He pointed to what he described as a shift in global momentum, three weeks into the joint U.S. and Israeli mission, Operation Epic Fury.
“If Trump sees it through, and I think he will, I think they’re [going to] fall pretty soon, in two, three, four weeks,” said Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, of Iran.
“And I think they know it. And I think the Europeans know it. And I think the Middle East knows it,” he added.
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Hanson argued Trump is avoiding what he described as the mistakes of past administrations in Iraq and Afghanistan by refusing to deploy massive numbers of troops. Instead, he said, the U.S. is using precision intelligence, advanced technology and aerial firepower to achieve its goals.
“We’re not [going to] put people in a Fallujah-like context where they’re going door-to-door against jihadists,” said Hanson.
“We’re [going to] play to our strength — which is intelligence, technology, firepower — and we’re going to do it in a new way with enhanced drones and satellite reconnaissance, so we know the individual names of individual commanders.”
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While U.S. drone strikes have targeted top Iranian officials, the strategy is expanding. Three more warships and roughly 2,500 Marines are being deployed to the Middle East to address Iran’s blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. Disruptions in the strait have already sent oil prices surging.
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Trump has posted about his disappointment with allies for not taking a wider role in reopening the vital waterway. The United Kingdom said the U.S. military can use U.K. bases to launch strikes against Iranian missile sites targeting ships in the strait.
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“Europeans would never agree to go anywhere near Iran unless they thought the tide was turning and they think that we’re [going to] win,” added Hanson.
The operation began with strikes that resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28. Last week Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, released a statement vowing the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the war ends and demanding that U.S. military bases be removed from the region.