Yesterday, Donald Trump admitted that he was being crafty when he elevated J. D. Vance to sell the resolution of the war with Iran. 'If it works out, I'm going to take the credit,' Trump said of the peace deal. 'If it doesn't work out, I'm blaming J.D.' Trump was smirking when he said this, but it was not a joke. Judging by the messaging emanating from across the Republican Party, letting the president claim victory while making the vice president own an obvious defeat is the GOP strategy. The administration's Plan A is to claim the war was a complete success'10/10, no notes, would wage it again. A handful of hawks have been willing to repeat this line. The primary argument is that the bombardment set back Iran's conventional and nuclear military capabilities enough to justify the cost to the United States. 'The fact is that the missile program is in ruins, just like the nuclear weapons program,' the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt proposed. This rationalization overlooks a few...
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