Dems rejecting notion that the latest developments amounted to a validation of Trump’s strategy.
“If you ratchet up conflict, then deescalate, I don’t necessarily think the strategy is a good one - it’s a risky one,” said Bob Menendez, ranking Dem on Senate Foreign Relations
“If you ratchet up conflict, then deescalate, I don’t necessarily think the strategy is a good one - it’s a risky one,” said Bob Menendez, ranking Dem on Senate Foreign Relations
“We’re fundamentally worse off today than we were just a month ago. Iran has fully restarted their nuclear weapons program,” Murphy said. “Our troops are on the verge of being kicked out of Iraq. We've turned the Iranian people, the Iraqi people, the Lebanese people against us.”
Chris Murphy added: “And I'm glad that we may be on a path towards deescalation, but the carnage of just the last several days is perhaps irreparable.”
