What Will Be the Reaction to Trump Bombing Iran?

The topic of discussion for this Constitution Monday is the Democrat hypocrisy about the decision made by President Donald Trump to bomb the Iranian nuclear facilities. The Left has been complaining about Trump ordering the bombing without permission from Congress. However, the same people actually urged then-President Barack Obama to bomb Libya in 2011.

Obama ordered the bombs, and it turned out to be a disastrous decision.

Victor Davis Hanson admits that “the Left has no history of consistency, no logic, no morality on this. And privately, they understand they had no solution to force Iran to give up this bomb.” Therefore, Hanson believes that the Left will be “inert and quiet.” 

Hanson understands the common belief that “The MAGA Right’s going to defect” because of “America First.” He knows that the “MAGA agenda does not want to get into optional wars in the Middle East.” He then pointed out that “this is not a 1991 preliminary to an invasion, 2003 preliminary to invasion, 2011 preliminary to Gaddafi regime change.”

This was a designated, finite act. And now it’s over with and it’s up to Iran to do what it wants. It can either negotiate and become a peaceful presence with peaceful nuclear power or it can continue its terror. But it has no terrorist appendages to hurt us, really. And we’ll see.

But even Tucker Carlson, remember, quite logically said, when he had that fiery exchange with Sen. Ted Cruz, he said, “If I had known that Iran wanted to kill Donald Trump, I would order – I would want somebody to order to bomb Iran.” We now know that the terrorist that was planning to kill Trump is being tried in absentia. He’s in Iran. It’s not in doubt. And so, we bombed Iran.

And where would anybody go? I’m a MAGA supporter. If I was vehemently opposed to this one-off strike, I’d say, “Well, how about illegal immigration? It doesn’t exist anymore. Look at the border. Look at all of these things that Donald Trump has done, like, with the universities, with the tax relief.” So, there was so much of the MAGA agenda that his critics agree with, I don’t think they’re going to be very vehement.

How about abroad? The Europeans were going to be very disturbed. This was not multilateral. The U.N. wasn’t involved. And I can guarantee you they’re calling Donald Trump up right now and saying, “Thank God you did this because we were much closer to Iran than you were. And we were very worried about this crazy regime….”

How about the Arab world? The Arab world, before this attack, was very – it was angry at Israel. Remember they said, “The Zionists should not have had a preliminary, preemptive war. This was wrong. It’s disruptive.” And they had a point….

Privately, they were telling the Israelis or the United States, “If you’re going to get rid of the Iranian nuclear threat and neuter that regime, please, please do it. But do it completely. Do not leave this wounded animal in our backyard because we can’t handle it. So, either get rid of it or promise us that you will get rid of it.”

And now, the reaction to this destruction, especially at Fordow, is typical: Express public regret, instability, da, da, da, but private relief.

And then finally, what are China and Russia going to do? ….

But more importantly, Putin is saying, privately, “I’m tied down in Ukraine. I can’t do anything…..

As far as China goes, China’s got the opposite reaction, in one way, but it’s similar: “I don’t want to get involved….

Bottom line: All the critics here and abroad, they’re going to be loud, but I don’t think they’re going to have any consequence.