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LIZ PEEK: Iran war could become the achievement that ensures Trump’s legacy

Democrat opposition mounts over military action despite conviction of assassin paid by Tehran to kill president

By Liz Peek Fox News

Published March 10, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Democrats and their media enablers are doing everything possible to turn the American people against the war in Iran. They deny the rationale for attacking Tehran, they pretend that President Barack Obama’s nuke deal was anything but appeasement of a bloodthirsty anti-U.S. regime, and they have alarmed Americans that we face a devastating "energy crisis" because of President Donald Trump’s "war of choice."

None of it is true.

Over the weekend, Democrat Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said on Fox News that Trump had failed to make the case that Iran posed an "imminent threat" to the U.S., implying that he saw no such threat. He also said Trump had picked "the wrong time" to carry out the mission.

The Virginia senator made those remarks the very same week that a Pakistani assassin paid by the mullahs in Tehran was convicted of attempting to murder Trump. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, who hired the would-be killer, had apparently targeted not only Trump, but other U.S. officials, including former President Joe Biden and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. For those potential victims, Iran posed an imminent threat. 

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