The Winston Group’s David Winston on President Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities and the reaction among Democrats:
The president and his military advisers understood that Iran’s intransigence did not require defeating a country in the field with boots on the ground. But it did require military force.
The operation was a success, the scale of which will be determined in the next couple of weeks and months as post-operation assessments are completed. The one thing we do know is that this is a significant setback to any plan by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to develop a nuclear weapon in the immediate future.
Going to war is not the stuff of celebration. Ending war, or at least lessening its possibility, is.
This should be a moment of national pride. A time when all Americans can come together to salute the men and women of the U.S. military, the airmen and sailors, who did their duty and did their country proud — and maybe give a nod to President Trump, who made a tough call.
But here at home, some offered only negative responses, complaining that the president needed approval by Congress. This was predominantly from the Democratic Party, and several in the party went so far as to call it an impeachable offense.
Read the full piece for Roll Call here.
