Vice President JD Vance staked his professional and political bona fides on the Memorandum of Understanding he negotiated with the Jihadist regime that has ruled Iran – and warred against the United States – for the past 47 years. Many observers familiar with the history of the Islamic Republic’s interactions with the United States over those decades wisely predicted the Iranians would violate their “agreement” – which, of course, they promptly did. Mr. Vance, on the other hand, was certain he had dealt with newfangled Iranian "moderates” and “pragmatists” who somehow had distanced themselves from the vile Jihadist apparatus – including the maniacal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – that has repressed the Iranian people with a murderous fist throughout the regime’s existence. In so doing, Mr. Vance joined a long line of administrations – dating back even to that of Ronald Reagan – that have swallowed this duplicitous Iranian manipulation hook, line, and sinker. But this far down the road there can be no excuse for such naivete.

Moreover, Mr. Vance has justified his preposterous MOU by advancing a false dichotomy: He claims a negotiated “settlement” with Iran was necessary to avoid a military campaign that otherwise would “go on forever” and include “150,000 ground troops,” as he recently claimed to Joe Rogan.........

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