Rep Thomas Massie says the Iran war has 'significantly weakened' America 'all for Israel'
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky argued Sunday that the battle with Iran has “weakened” the US.
“The U.S. has been considerably weakened by the battle with Iran,” the congressman wrote in a Sunday post on X.
“This administration depleted our missile defenses, drained our oil reserves, sacrificed our males & girls, inflated the worth of shopper items, elevated our debt, and uncared for our home wants…” he continued, including, “all for Israel.”
Some components of Massie’s criticism align with publicly reported results of the battle. The Power Division licensed the discharge of 172 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, whereas information experiences and congressional spending measures have pointed to heavy demand for U.S. missile-defense programs and billions of {dollars} in further protection funding. His broader assertion that the US has been “considerably weakened” is a political judgment.
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Fox Information Digital reached out to the White Home early on Monday morning to request a remark.
Massie, who has served within the U.S. Home of Representatives for greater than 13 years, misplaced the Might Republican main in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District to President Donald Trump-backed challenger, retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.
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In a Friday submit on X, Massie accused Trump of shifting towards a neoconservative overseas coverage, writing, “Why did he flip to neocon?”
Former Nationwide Counterterrorism Middle Director Joe Kent, who give up earlier this yr as a result of his opposition to the Iran battle, has been calling for President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the area.
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“The Israelis know they will’t struggle this battle with out the U.S., so their aim is to get us on board with extra strikes, floor troops, and so on., within the hopes that American causalities will sway public opinion sufficient to escalate right into a chaotic, drawn-out battle,” Kent wrote in a part of a Sunday post on X. “Our solely viable choice is to go away now—President Trump ought to use this pause in combating to get our troops out & use quiet financial diplomacy to reopen the SOH & BAM.”
The Trump administration has defended the army marketing campaign as essential to destroy Iran’s missile capabilities, cripple its navy, sever its assist for terrorist proxies and stop it from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The White Home has additionally credited what it referred to as “decisive American power” with producing an settlement supposed to forestall Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
