The situation in Iran is going to hurt Republicans in the fall. Not because the majority of the American people want Iran to get a nuclear weapon or because Democrats in the media are lying about things, but it’s going to hurt Republicans because it is a major distraction from the things average voters care about. President Donald Trump either doesn’t see that or does not care.

Let me start by saying I firmly believe the world would be a better place without the Islamic Republic of Iran in it. They have been killing Americans and innocent civilians around the world for half a century, so wiping them out is something I fully support.

The problem is we don’t have the will to actually do that. We have the ability and the technology, but the will matters more than anything else, and it just isn’t there.

Why? Because wiping out Iran would require American troops to invade and fight as we did in World War II – meaning we kill anything that resists or gets in our way until the government is gone. No President would authorize that. Think about it, we couldn’t even bring ourselves to do that in Afghanistan after 9/11; we wouldn’t do it in Iran.

The other choice would be to encourage friendlier nations in the region to invade as we provide air cover, and let........

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