The Democratic Party has been staking out its 2028 campaign positions on Israel and the Middle East since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury. Why are they courting the “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” vote?

There is no doubt that the February 28 combined U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran was instantly weaponized by both Republicans and Democrats for their own political ends. An aggressive political campaign is being waged alongside the military operation.

The Trump administration’s stated explanation of the Iran operation has been far from straightforward. Yet, they consistently reiterated a plan to strike Iran at its weakest, an unexpected intelligence opportunity to kill top leadership (including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei), decimate ballistic missile stockpiles, the Iranian navy, and any vestiges of its nuclear program after the Midnight Hammer mission at Fordow last June, and dismantle a proxy network that had threatened U.S. interests abroad.

Still, there remains alarming ambiguity about how to come to the aid of the Iranian people and create conditions for regime change and governance on the day after. While Republicans are split between MAGA supporters and isolationists, the Democratic Party (for the most part) has taken a more knee-jerk rejectionist approach to the Trump agenda.

Even though Iran and its proxies have killed American citizens and servicepeople........

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