Democrats’ responses to Iran strikes show ‘willful blindness’

Matt Margolis writes for PJMedia.com about congressional Democrats’ response to the bombing on Iranian nuclear sites.

Democrats wasted no time showing their true colors after President Donald Trump decisively took out Iran’s nuclear program. Instead of acknowledging the threat posed by a regime hell-bent on acquiring weapons of mass destruction, the left immediately defaulted to its usual script of outrage, hand-wringing, and impeachment talk.

The ink was barely dry on reports of the successful strike before prominent Democrats were out in force, condemning Trump’s actions as reckless and “impeachable.”

“The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) claimed in a post on X. “He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.” …

… These assessments, are, of course, stupid and reek of hypocrisy. Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been an open secret for years, and a nuclear-armed Iran would be a catastrophe not just for the Middle East, but for the entire world. Democrats, apparently, would rather gamble with global security than admit that Trump did what needed to be done.

While disagreement of how to handle Iran is legitimate, calling this an impeachable offense is beyond absurd.

What’s truly remarkable here is the left’s willful blindness to the stakes. Iran is not just another country; it’s a regime that has repeatedly threatened its neighbors, sponsored terrorism, and openly called for the destruction of Israel and the United States. Allowing Iran to inch closer to a nuclear weapon is not just naïve—it’s suicidal. Yet, for Democrats, the overriding priority is to oppose Trump at every turn, even if that means undermining American security and credibility abroad.

This is the same party that once prided itself on “standing up to tyranny” and “defending democracy.” Now, their knee-jerk reaction to any show of American strength is to run to the nearest microphone and demand impeachment. It’s a sad commentary on how far the Democratic Party has drifted from reality.

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