It took about five minutes for Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance to begin beating the drums of war. In a Monday interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, Vance declared, "A lot of people recognize that we need to do something with Iran—but not these weak little bombing runs. If you're going to punch the Iranians, you punch them hard."

For all the talk of "isolationism," it appears that Vance is looking for yet another U.S. war in the Middle East. Apparently, 20 years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq weren't enough.

Vance's interview was noteworthy for another reason. He also wrongly attacked President Joe Biden for allegedly not supporting Trump's so-called Abraham Accords. By making this mistake, Vance accidentally revealed just how similar both presidents have been when it comes to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

The Abraham Accords are agreements of mutual recognition that the Trump administration brokered between Israel and the U.S.-backed monarchies of Bahrain, the U.A.E., and Morocco. Biden has not only fully embraced Trump's Middle East dealmaking, but actually tried to expand these accords with a dangerous new treaty between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. Such a treaty could turn Vance's........

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