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Democrat Rep. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania appeared on left-wing television this week and delivered the exact foreign policy talking points the Democrat Party has used for years: blame Trump, downplay Iran, and pretend weakness is a strategy.
During the interview, Dean claimed President Donald Trump had dragged America into what she called a “reckless” and “deadly” war with Iran.
She accused Trump of acting “recklessly and ignorantly” and said the president entered a “war of his own making” without knowing how to get out of it.
That is an astonishing statement considering the threat posed by Iran.
Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism and has spent decades funding proxy groups, threatening Israel, destabilizing the Middle East, and chanting for the destruction of America and the West.
This is the same regime that has pushed uranium enrichment to dangerous levels while claiming its nuclear program is peaceful.
The left wants Americans to believe Trump created this crisis. In reality, the crisis was created by years of appeasement, delay and fantasy diplomacy.
The Obama administration’s nuclear deal handed Iran access to billions in unfrozen assets while relying on a weak inspection system and promises from a regime that had every incentive to cheat. Democrats called that diplomacy.
Trump’s critics now call strength reckless because they cannot admit that their own foreign policy helped bring Iran to this point.
Dean also suggested Trump was somehow “goaded” into action by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This is the same tired excuse Democrats use whenever they want to blame Israel for decisions made by the United States.
Trump is not a puppet of Netanyahu, and America’s interest in stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons exists with or without Israel.
The interview became even more ridiculous when Dean invoked American service members in the Middle East, claiming they were serving under a leader who “doesn’t know how to get out” of the conflict.
Democrats had far less outrage when Joe Biden oversaw the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, which ended with 13 American service members dead and America humiliated on the world stage.
Now, when Trump confronts Iran from a position of strength, Democrats suddenly pretend to be defenders of military caution.
The hypocrisy did not stop there. Dean and the host also connected the Iran conflict to gas prices and China, warning that America’s position had weakened.
Yet these are the same Democrats who spent years attacking domestic energy production, opposing Trump’s tariff strategy, and criticizing nearly every hardline approach toward China.
They want strength against Beijing but oppose the policies that create leverage. They want lower gas prices but attack the energy policies that increase American supply. They want Iran contained, but criticize the president for being willing to actually contain Iran.
Trump understands something the foreign policy establishment has repeatedly forgotten: dictators do not respect weakness. Iran, China, and every other adversary watch what America does, not what Washington politicians say on cable news.
Democrats can call Trump reckless all they want. The real recklessness was allowing Iran to grow stronger for years while pretending paper agreements and press conferences could stop a terror regime from pursuing nuclear power.
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