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With Us or Against Us, Again

Congress didn’t authorize this war, and the only response to questions is a loyalty test we’ve fallen for before.

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Parker Molloy
Mar 03, 2026
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Marc Thiessen, the former chief speechwriter for George W. Bush, posted on X this week. He just can’t understand the logic, he wrote, of Democrats “siding with Iran.”

That’s the whole thing, right there, in one sentence. If you oppose the war, you are siding with the enemy. If you think the president should have gotten congressional authorization before …

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