US EditionThey fought in Iraq. Now they’re the Democrats’ loudest voices against the war in Iran.
Veteran Democrats call for congressional oversight and debate supplemental funding amid party splits over Trump’s Iran strikes and potential prolonged conflict.
- On Wednesday morning, Rep. Eugene Vindman, a 25-year Army veteran, led Democratic veterans in criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to enter a war with Iran outside the US Capitol.
- Veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan over roughly 25 years say their experience fuels skepticism of new wars after Saturday’s initial strikes, with Rep. Ruben Gallego reacting, `Here we go again.`
- Congress may need to pass legislation in the coming weeks to restock diminished munitions and consider a $50 billion supplemental amid the $175 billion added to the DHS budget.
- With a Thursday vote looming, party unity faces strain as a pro-Israel bloc of House Democrats is expected to defy leadership, risking divisions months before the midterm elections.
- The days-old Iran war is already becoming an issue in Democratic primaries as progressive groups vow challenges and the party soon faces billions in spending questions for US troops.
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kioncentralcoast.comRepresentative Eugene Vindman is part of a generation of young Democrats who ran for Congress, partly because of their experience in fighting an eternal war in the Middle East. These Democrats are some of the first and most vocal critics of President Donald Trump’s decision to lead the U.S. to war with Iran, an opinion that puts them at odds with some of his party’s most interventionist members. “I will not shed a tear for the Iranian regime or …
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The NewsAlmost every Democrat in elected office opposes President Donald Trump’s war in Iran. Their explanations could quickly become an electoral litmus test.The subtle split among Democrats began emerging minutes after the first US strikes on Saturday. They reacted in three ways: Some couched their criticism of Trump in widely held bipartisan opposition to the Iranian regime, others prefaced their negativity with calls for congressional author…
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Young people keep asking me if this was what the Iraq invasion was like. I’ve been telling them “Sort of, but this is way dumber and crazier.” There were fairly intelligent people who bought into the Iraq war propaganda. Many anti-war folk assumed Saddam probably did have weapons of mass destruction — they just didn’t buy into the narrative that war was the answer. There really were interventionists who sincerely believed the war could do good t…
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