70% say Iran war not worth cost
A CBS News poll found 70% of Americans said the Iran war was not worth the cost, with only 30% saying it was.
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Republican Fractures on Iran: Hawks, Copers, and Tucker Carlson Quits
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The hosts play a series of clips that capture the full disarray of Republican reactions to the Iran situation. Lindsey Graham threatens that if the deal fails, Trump will take over the Strait of Hormuz by force and obliterate Iran — a proposition Tommy Vietor dismisses as absurd given Trump just tried and failed to do exactly that. Tucker Carlson goes the opposite direction, declaring he's out of the Republican Party entirely if it continues to put foreign interests above American ones. Jim Comer, meanwhile, celebrates the open strait and inspector access as victory. Jon Lovett identifies the emerging cope narrative from Iran hawks like Hugh Hewitt and Mark Levin: declare a tactical pause, survive the midterms, then return to a bellicose regime-change posture. Tommy raises a pointed structural critique: why does Face the Nation keep booking Lindsey Graham as the 'serious' hawkish voice when his entire track record on Iraq and Iran has been catastrophically wrong? The anti-war perspective, he notes, is rarely treated as serious by Washington booking culture.
70% of Americans Say the Iran War Was Not Worth It
A CBS News poll found 70% of Americans believe the Iran war was not worth the cost. Even 56% of self-identified MAGA Republicans want the conflict ended now. When you can't hold your own base, the political damage is real.
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