Vice President JD Vance, who has cultivated an image of strong opposition to the “forever wars,” asserted yesterday that Washington will continue the war in Iran for “a little while longer,” with the goal being to “neuter” the Islamic Republic for a “very, very long time.”
Asked on the “Benny Show” podcast about rising gas prices due to the war, Vance said the US has “accomplished the vast majority of our military projects” and claimed that one could even argue the objectives have actually been met already, reported the Times of Israel.
“The president’s going to keep at it for a little while longer to ensure that once we leave, we don’t have to do this again for a very, very long time,” Vance said. “This country is threatening us in all these ways. They’re still trying to build a nuclear weapon. We need to neuter them for a very, very long time, and that’s the purpose,” he claimed further in an obvious bit of war propaganda. Vance acknowledged the rising gas prices but calls them a “very temporary reaction to what is going to ultimately be a short term conflict.”
“We’re not interested in being in Iran a year down the road or two years down the road. We’re taking care of business. We’re going to be out of there soon, and gas prices are going to come back down,” he added, in a desperate effort to separate this war of choice from those of GW Bush.
