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MAGA is in a muddle about Iranian missiles. <\/p>\n

Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall tripped over the party line live on CNN\u2019s The Source With Kaitlan Collins <\/i>when the host asked him if he thought Iran had a right to defend itself.<\/p>\n

Read more Don Jr. Melts Down at His Dad\u2019s Ally in MAGA Civil War<\/a><\/p>\n

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The U.S. has struck a deal with Iran to end the four-month conflict, and messaging from Republicans suggests a willingness to allow it to defend itself, despite the destruction of missile capabilities being one of the primary motives for the attack in the first place. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Trump\u2019s deal with Iran has come under scrutiny for appearing to give several concessions that seemed implausible when the fighting began. Among them are possible missile allowances, which are at odds with the messaging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed in early March as the first bombs were falling. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe mission of Operation Epic Fury is laser-focused,\u201d he said in a press briefing at the Pentagon on March 2. \u201dDestroy Iranian offensive missiles, destroy Iranian missile production, destroy their navy and other security infrastructure, and they will never have nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cOur ambitions are not utopian; they are realistic, scoped to our interests and the defense of our people and our allies. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not Iraq. This is not endless\u2026 This is the opposite. This operation [has] a clear, devastating, decisive mission: destroy the missile threat, destroy the navy, no nukes.\u201d<\/p>\n

That is some way from what Marshall said when Collins asked him whether he was OK with Iran having missiles. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, I\u2019m hesitating,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019d prefer that they not. I certainly don\u2019t want them to have long-distance missiles. I don\u2019t want them to have nuclear-armed missiles. <\/p>\n

\u201cI would prefer they didn\u2019t, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the key issue here. I think that they have to be able to defend themselves and, and I just come back to the big picture here is that the Middle East countries like this agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Plan to Rename Airport for Trump Hit With Humiliating Backlash<\/a><\/p>\n

The U.S. has said time and time again that Iran cannot ever have a nuclear weapon. Pushed harder on whether it has the right to defend itself, however, Marshall said, \u201cI think that they have to be able to defend themselves. Otherwise, we turn this into a forever war. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re never going to get them\u2014short of boots on the ground\u2014surrendering everything, an unconditional agreement, if you will. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut again, what I\u2019m getting at here is this agreement has the support of all the\u2014 most of the countries in the Middle East, and I think that\u2019s going to give us more of a long-lasting relationship, a long-lasting success as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

His words echo those of President Trump, who said in Paris on Wednesday, \u201cI\u2019m saying that \u2060if other countries have \u200bthem, it\u2019s a little bit \u200bunfair for them not to have some.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that \u201cIf \u200bSaudi Arabia and Qatar, and \u200bthey all have some, I would \u200csay, in relative proportion, I think it\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marshall\u2019s eagerness to align with Trump has exposed him to mockery. <\/p>\n

MeidasTouch editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski said, \u201cThis guy will say whatever Trump says on any given day. He has no core beliefs. His political philosophy is whatever position Trump takes today, which may be different from the position Trump had yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior research analyst Max Meizlish said on X, \u201cSo America\u2019s adversaries need to be able to defend themselves against America for America\u2019s sake? Got it. Nothing to see here. Nothing weird going on at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Sleepless Trump, 80, Unravels in Overnight Air Force One Posting Meltdown<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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