Playing Partisan Politics Over the Iran War Will Backfire on Democrats

Every once in a while you come across a terrific op-ed where you might least expect it.So, if you didn’t see it today, you must read in the Wall Street Journal, “Partisanship on Iran Is Dangerous for America. Trump is doing the right thing for the U.S., and we Democrats should judge the war on the merits.”This may be the best op-ed piece I have read all year. And certainly during the Iran war. The author is the famed defense lawyer, David Boies, a Democrat who has no love for President Trump, but who has written a clear logical hard-hitting piece as to why Iran must be crushed.Again, he’s no Trump supporter, in fact he is longing for a Democrat to win in 2028. But I know Mr. Boies and he’s a very smart fellow, just saying. From this must-read piece: “Every past president since Bill Clinton, Republican and Democrat alike, has declared that Iran couldn’t be permitted to develop nuclear weapons. Not one acted to prevent it.” Mr. Boies adds that “every president since Ronald Reagan has condemned Iran’s role in terrorism against American citizens, interests and allies. Not one acted to stop it. Instead each president left his successor with a more dangerous Iran and a more complicated threat to address.”He goes on to say that because Iran’s nuclear threat and their constant terrorist campaigns, Mr. Trump had to act. “In the face of Iran’s refusal to forswear nuclear weapons and evidence that it was rapidly increasing the number, sophistication and range of its missiles, Mr. Trump began the current military campaign,” Mr. Boies writes. If the president “hadn’t acted, his successor would have been left with an even more dangerous choice than his predecessors left him,” Mr. Boies asserts.Mr. Boies, the Democrat, is honest about his politics, saying “I understand some of the hostility to Mr. Trump’s action.” Yet he goes on to say “what is harder to understand, and particularly troubling for our country, is opposition rooted simply in antipathy toward Mr. Trump himself.”Mr. Boies makes a good case that in the past Republicans have supported military actions by Democrats like Presidents Clinton and Obama, and many Democrats have supported President George W. Bush in Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet he then argues that “those of us who generally oppose Mr. Trump but who recognize the threat Iran poses need to support the military action not because we owe anything to Mr. Trump but because we owe it to ourselves, our country and our children.”Then he says “America’s national security is too important to hold hostage to partisanship.” And then he concludes “if we believe that Iran presents a serious threat, we need to support the president on this issue. There’s plenty to disagree with him about, and we don’t need to like or admire him. But on Iran we should be on common ground.” And Mr. Boies finishes by saying “it is the right thing to do for our country, our children and the Democrat who will succeed Mr. Trump as president.”Perhaps Mr. Boies’ hard-hitting piece will be a wake-up call for some Democrats who have opposed the war.Yet I have said repeatedly that war opposition is a huge political mistake.In this midterm election year, a vast majority of voters back Mr. Trump in order to stop the Iranian nuclear threat and their terrorist activities.Pollster John McLaughlin shows 57 percent of likely voters back military action. Even voters still undecided about their Congressional vote, the majority support military action in Iran by 51 percent to 29 percent. Independents support it by 46 percent to 40 percent. Hispanic voters support 56 percent to 33 percent. Among women the margin was 47 percent to 38 percent.Of course, the lefty press are missing all of this. They’re trying to make the case, actually, that America is losing the war. That is patent nonsense.The successful conclusion to the Iran war will be a sleeper issue come November. Democrats are making a huge mistake and instead they should listen to the logic of Mr. David Boies.From Mr. Kudlow’s broadcast on Fox Business Network.

Playing Partisan Politics Over the Iran War Will Backfire on Democrats

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