The Horseshoe Coalition Against Israel on Iran

The ‘restrainer’ right and the progressives sound an awful lot alike on Israel and Iran — but they are on the margins.

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Clockwise from top left: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.); Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk; Tucker Carlson; and then-Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes

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With Donald Trump now loudly backing Israel’s war on the Iranian nuclear program and issuing increasingly hawkish warnings against the mullahs, there has been a lot of teeth-gnashing and garment-rending from the usual quarters — and these days, those usual quarters are a horseshoe-shaped alliance of doves and antisemites on the “restrainer” right and the progressive left. At times, it can be hard to tell their rhetoric apart. They form a uniparty of opposition to resisting America’s sworn enemies.

Consider a sampling, culled mostly from X/Twitter, of commentary since Israel launched its strikes on Natanz:

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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