{"id":4125,"date":"2025-06-23T01:05:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T01:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2025-06-23T01:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T01:25:54","slug":"vance-explains-how-iran-bombing-is-different-from-other-us-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/vance-explains-how-iran-bombing-is-different-from-other-us-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance explains how Iran bombing is \u2018different\u2019 from other US wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump is not \u2018dumb\u2019 like past American leaders, the vice president has claimed<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong> Vice President J.D. Vance has pushed back against comparisons between US airstrikes on Iran and previous American\u00a0wars in the Middle East,\u00a0claiming that this time Washington\u2019s actions are truly limited and rooted in national security objectives \u2013 not a drive for regime change.<\/p>\n

In an interview with NBC\u2019s Meet the Press on Sunday, Vance emphasized that \u201cwe\u2019re not at war with Iran \u2013 we\u2019re at war with Iran\u2019s nuclear program,\u201d<\/em> describing the overnight strike as \u201ca very precise, very surgical\u201d<\/em> operation that allegedly dismantled Tehran\u2019s nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n

Responding to concerns that the United States could be drawn into another prolonged conflict, Vance said the difference lies in leadership. \u201cI certainly empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

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But the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents, and now we have a president who actually knows how to accomplish America\u2019s national security objectives.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe have no interest in a protracted conflict. We have no interest in boots on the ground,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he added.<\/p>\n

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Trump doesn\u2019t rule out regime change in Iran: LIVE UPDATES<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Vance further insisted that the United States is not seeking to topple the Iranian government. \u201cOur view has been very clear that we don\u2019t want a regime change,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cWe do not want to protract this or build this out any more than it\u2019s already been built out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

However, President Trump appeared to leave the door open to regime change in Tehran in a post on Truth Social later in the day. \u201cIt\u2019s not politically correct to use the term, \u2018Regime Change,\u2019 but if the current Iranian regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn\u2019t there be a regime change??? MIGA!!!\u201d<\/em> he wrote.<\/p>\n

Vance also echoed Trump\u2019s repeated warnings to Tehran against retaliation in any form, calling it \u201cthe stupidest thing in the world,\u201d<\/em> and reaffirming that the US would respond with \u201coverwhelming force\u201d<\/em> if American personnel were targeted.<\/p>\n

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Moscow blasts US redo of \u2018Iraqi weapons of mass destruction\u2019 stunt<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trump has faced criticism from lawmakers over the lack of congressional authorization, but Vance defended the legality of the strike, arguing that the president has the authority to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n

Moscow has criticized the Iranian WMD claim, drawing comparisons to the justification used by then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell in the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany today feel a strong sense of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu,\u201d<\/em> Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the UN Security Council on Sunday. \u201cThe current situation is essentially no different: we are once again being urged to believe in fairy tales in order to once again bring suffering to millions of people living in the Middle East.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump is not \u2018dumb\u2019 like past American leaders, the vice president has claimed Vice President J.D. Vance has pushed back against comparisons between US airstrikes on Iran and previous American\u00a0wars in the Middle East,\u00a0claiming that this time Washington\u2019s actions are truly limited and rooted in national security objectives \u2013 not a drive for regime…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4130,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions\/4130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}