On Iran, Democrats thread the needle with a single word: ‘But’

WASHINGTON – It’s a difficult line to walk. Democrats have deep concerns about what comes next in Iran, how long strikes will last and the ways constitutionally mandated congressional approval was ignored by the Trump administration. Yet on the substance of the action itself — like killing Iran’s supreme leader and disrupting the regime’s ability to solidify a nuclear program — there is support for the result. It’s a distinction being made by many Democrats, and some Republicans, that all comes down to a simple conjunction: “but.” “I’ve long said that the Islamic Revolutionary regime in Iran i

WASHINGTON – It’s a difficult line to walk. Democrats have deep concerns about what comes next in Iran, how long strikes will last and the ways constitutionally mandated congressional approval was ignored by the Trump administration. Yet on the substance of the action itself — like killing Iran’s supreme leader and disrupting the regime’s ability to solidify a nuclear program — there is support for the result. It’s a distinction being made by many Democrats, and some Republicans, that all comes down to a simple conjunction: “but.” “I’ve long said that the Islamic Revolutionary regime in Iran i