U.S. President Donald Trump finally acts like the leader of the free world he is supposed to be by bombing Iran’s nuclear sites, and his critics in the media are giving themselves a concussion trying to spin it as a bad thing.
There has been the usual chorus of complaints from left-wing and some conservative (ugh) commentators, along with Democrats. The arguments are largely recycled from the opposition to former president George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, or any argument marshalled against the U.S. doing anything useful in the world whatsoever: Trump was acting unilaterally; the strikes were unlawful or unconstitutional; the consequences are unpredictable; there was not enough time for diplomacy; Israel is just as bad as Iran; or my personal favourite, Trump did the right thing, but it is now the wrong thing because Trump did it.
The NATPO has its own roster of the TDS afflicted, Ivison, McParland, Selley to name just 3 couldn’t put together a column on watching grass grow without an anti-Trump rant.
