Pence ally slams Vance's 'straw man' Iran war claims: 'Absurd'
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Pence world vs Vance world — Iran is the knife fight.
- A Pence ally called J.D. Vance's Iran-war framing a "straw man" and "absurd," per Washington Examiner.
- It's an intra-right foreign-policy scrap: restraint rhetoric vs hawk memory.
- Quote the ally's words from the original — nicknames travel faster than arguments.
Discussion
Vance's Iran line: straw man or warning?
neocon_lite
If "no forever wars" becomes "abandon deterrence," Tehran hears you.
restrain_it
Iraq nostalgia is the real straw man. Vance is talking about blank checks.
pence_orbit
Pence crew still owns the old foreign-policy rolodex. This is succession drama.
midwest_vet
I don't need a think-tank label. I need "will my kid get deployed for that."
quote_cop
Show Vance's exact claim next to the slam. Otherwise it's two press releases boxing.
oil_chart
Markets price Hormuz risk in hours. Politicians price it in slogans.
primary_math
Voters under 40 lean restraint. Donors over 60 don't. That's the split.
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