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Fetterman Goes Off on Fellow Democrats: Why Can't They Just Admit Operation Epic Fury Is a Win?

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Senator John Fetterman blasted his Democratic colleagues for long
treating Iran as a chief enemy of the United States while now
criticizing what he described as the most decisive action taken against
the country in decades. 

When CNN pressed him on whether he had concerns about Operation Epic
Fury, Fetterman said he had none, unless it led to boots on the ground,
something the Trump administration has indicated simply is not going to
happen. 


"Some of your Democratic colleagues say that they don't think the
administration has a clear endgame in Iran," CNN’s Kaitlan Collins said.
"Do you have concerns about how they know when to be done with Iran? 

"Yeah, I mean, I'm very much aware that I'm the only Democrat in the
Senate that supports this operation, and I'm going to continue to do
that," Sen. Fetterman shot back. "And I would remind all of your
viewers, whether it was Hillary Clinton when she was running for
president or Kamala Harris when she was running just in 24. In fact, she
actually identified Iran as her top concern. You know, she called Iran a
grave danger, and now everyone, every single Democrat, agrees that they
can never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear bomb. And now Donald Trump has
done that, made that virtually impossible to achieve their nuclear
weapons, and they've effectively broke the entire Iranian military
apparatus." 

I don't know why we as Democrats, if we had all those kinds of goals and
those kinds of concerns, and now that he's achieved that, why now we
only can criticize that or they could always make it seem like it's been
a failure or things are out of control. That's just categorically not
true. 

The Senator then revealed his single dealbreaker.

"And now I think my hard red line, you know, boots on the ground,"
Fetterman said. "That's when I would get concerned if they start to talk
about boots on the ground. And now I think even Secretary Hegseth has
even said, no nation-building. No one wants to be a part of that. That
was never a part of this mission thus far. 

"I'm not sure why they can't just acknowledge that that's been a
positive outcome," he added. "For me, it's just been nothing more than a
choice of country over what parts of the base would demand to condemn or
pretend that it's a terrible situation." 

This comes as many Democrats have refused to support the United States
in Operation Epic Fury, raising concerns about constitutionality, an
issue critics argue they rarely emphasize in other policy debates. The
dynamic has, in part, benefited Republicans, as Democrats have found
themselves defending or appearing to defend positions that critics say
align with the Iranian regime—an unpopular posture that could provide a
political boost to Republicans heading into the midterm elections. 

However, foreign policy remains a relatively low priority for many
American voters, leaving it unclear how much political benefit success
in Iran will ultimately bring. 

Editor's Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no
action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and
for all. 


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