Critical of the War? That’s Fine, and Often Patriotic. Rooting for the Enemy? That’s Evil

It does not bother me that there are good people who are skeptical or critical of Operation Epic Fury. 

Sycophants do the president and the country no favor, because all policies, and especially war policies, require clear-eyed analysis. You can’t achieve your objectives if you are living in a dream world. 

On Iran, Democrats offer only partisanship. Most oppose the war effort and even seem to hope for failure, write @Mark_Penn and Andrew Steinhttps://t.co/1sLzN9KygN

— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) March 4, 2026

But rooting for the enemy is evil, and it’s pretty clear that, whatever they claim, many of the people who are critical of the US and Israel operations in Iran are doing just that. 

Much of the news media seems determined to advance a narrative that Trump is wrong about everything and that the U.S. is getting its clock cleaned by a powerful Iranian war machine, write @Mark_Penn and Andrew Steinhttps://t.co/ClxjFUt0q1

— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) March 16, 2026

The coverage from Pravda has been unrelentingly negative, as if the United States has not obliterated much of Iran’s ability to project power. Now it is true that two weeks of bombing have not yet eliminated 100% of Iran’s military capacity; expecting it to have done so by now would be a pipe dream.

It’s like the Soviet Union again. https://t.co/M5RhsRxnM5

— Ilya Shapiro (@ishapiro) March 17, 2026

The goalposts the media have set were never the ones that any rational military planner would have, and if they don’t know that (they do, of course), the only explanation would be a level of stupidity and ignorance beyond measure. 

President Trump’s complaints about the news coverage of the Iran war are predictable—and entirely justified. “We are totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily, economically, and otherwise, yet, if you read the Failing New York Times, you would incorrectly think that we are not winning,” he wrote Friday morning on Truth Social. Pick up Sunday’s Times, and it’s as if the editors took that as a command rather than a criticism.

“War Sends More Tremors Through a Shaken World Economy,” reads a headline across the top of the front page, with the speculative subheadline “Fallout From Prolonged Conflict With Iran Could Bring ‘Catastrophic Consequences.’ ” Among the catastrophes the article cites: “In Kenya, tea growers and traders worried their exports to Iran would rot on the dock.” The other story above the front-page fold is a critique of the defense secretary: “Hegseth’s Vengeful Rhetoric Grew From Experience in Iraq.”

Inside the paper are six more pages of war headlines, almost all relentlessly negative. There are disdainful pieces about the secretary of state (“For Trump and Rubio, It’s Destroy and Deal”) and about the central U.S. ally in the effort (“U.S. War Alliance with Israel Is Reshaping Mideast, but Carries Risk” and “Netanyahu Has War He Always Wanted, but on Trump’s Terms”). There’s more economic gloom (“Seized Oil Tankers Are Costing U.S. Tens of Millions” and “Oil Price Surge Rattles Weak Pakistan Economy”).

The biggest development since Saturday’s paper was the U.S. strike on Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil-export hub. The president said that the raid “totally obliterated” military facilities on the island and that he had decided to spare oil infrastructure “for reasons of decency.” Clearly the U.S. could strike them and do much more damage. The Times headline depicted the raid as ineffective: “Iran Firm on Strait Blockade Despite U.S. Attack at Oil Hub.” The only positive headline about the war effort: “To Fight Iran’s Drones, U.S. Taps Knowledge Hard-Won in Ukraine.”

Like the Times, much of the news media seems determined to advance a narrative that Mr. Trump is wrong about everything and that the U.S. is getting its clock cleaned by a powerful Iranian war machine that has successfully made the transition to new leadership.

The reality is, the media is just parroting the Democrats’ talking points because the Democrats want Trump to fail spectacularly. They need Trump to fail spectacularly because they are less popular as a party than smallpox. Nobody likes them except a hardcore base, but they are betting that they can ride Trump hatred to victory in November, and have good reason to believe that. 

Of course Ben Rhodes wants the communists in Cuba to retain power. https://t.co/7XLioEZDzS

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 17, 2026

Democrats have been calling Operation Epic Fury a “fiasco,” which is about as absurd a characterization as you can imagine. We are talking about the same people who considered Joe Biden’s exit from Afghanistan a rousing success and who are still proud of their Libya adventure. 

People are still telling themselves that the IRGC is winning. 🤣

Let me give you a little glimpse of what they’re calling winning.

Khamenei was killed
Larijani was killed
Shamkhani was killed
Mousavi of the General Staff was killed
Pakpour of the IRGC was killed… pic.twitter.com/C2mdC4eimm

— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) March 17, 2026

People are still telling themselves that the IRGC is winning. 🤣

Let me give you a little glimpse of what they’re calling winning. 

Khamenei was killed  

Larijani was killed  

Shamkhani was killed  

Mousavi of the General Staff was killed  

Pakpour of the IRGC was killed  

Soleimani of the Basij was killed  

Aziz Nasirzadeh of Defense was killed  

Asadi of Intelligence was killed  

Hossein Salami of the IRGC was killed  

Hajizadeh was killed  

Shekian of Air Defense was killed  

Mohammad Bagheri of the General Staff was killed  

Rashid of the Khatam Garrison was killed  

Shadmaneh of the Q. Khatam was killed  

Kazemi of Intelligence was killed  

Mohaghegh of Intelligence was killed  

Mohrabbi of Intelligence was killed  

Rabbani of Operations was killed  

Rezaeian of Faraja was killed  

Bagheri of Missiles was killed  

Shirazi of the Bit was killed  

Qasem Soleimani was killed  

Mohammad Reza Zahedi was killed  

Abbas Nilforoushan was killed  

Hossein Hemdani was killed Mazafari Nia (Atomic) was killed  

Jabal Ameli (Atomic) was killed  

Fakhrizadeh (Atomic) was killed  

Borji (Atomic) was killed  

Tehrani Moghadam was killed

And Israel has no intention on stopping. 

It’s pure partisanship. They literally want the Iranian regime to survive and thrive. They will say anything to prevent a Trump success. 

Why hasn’t CNN or The View covered this horrific story? https://t.co/odny5Pcuq0

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) March 16, 2026

The Iranian regime is the largest state sponsor of terror in the world, and has spent decades funding attacks on US soldiers. It is responsible for the majority of deaths in Iraq, having funded and armed the terrorists. It planned October 7th, kept Hamas alive during the Gaza war, and is the sponsor of the Houthis and Hezbollah. 

Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna gets called out for saying Iran — the #1 state sponsor of terrorism that has killed countless of Americans — isn’t a threat.

KHANNA: “There was no imminent threat.”

FOX: “I believe [Iran] said they had the material to make 11 bombs.” pic.twitter.com/ozLGWjWUtM

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 15, 2026

Yet Democrats are claiming that Iran presented no threat to the United States. It is pure propaganda. 

Senator Elizabeth Warren after Iran briefing: “It is so much worse than you thought. Trump has no plan. This illegal war is based on lies and was launched without any imminent threat.”pic.twitter.com/t5zZe4H0a7

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) March 4, 2026

Now, some Democrats are threatening to defund the war, in an attempt to guarantee Iranian success. Even if you opposed the initiation of Operation Epic Fury, everybody should be rooting for its success. 

Senator Fetterman reacts to Kamala Harris flip-flopping on Iran,pic.twitter.com/xPbfEulRRl

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) March 7, 2026

Not Democrats. Not the media. They prefer that a regime that just murdered tens of thousands of its own citizens in a brutal attack on protesters (Democrats will call domestic terrorists in America “protesters” and defend attacks on American law enforcement, but defend the Iranian regime, which murders protesters by the bushel) to the United States getting rid of an Iranian regime that calls out “Death to America.”

Virginia Democrat Senator Mark Warner continues to defend the Iranian regime — the world’s largest sponsor of terror:

WARNER: “There was no imminent threat.”

BREAM: Iran is continually attacking us and our allies…

WARNER: “There was no imminent threat.” pic.twitter.com/vPwVxi8E2Z

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 8, 2026

I wish I could say that I was flummoxed by all this hostility to Operation Epic Fury. But we all know why it exists. The Democrats and the media hate Trump and MAGA so much that they are willing to back the Venezuelan regime, the Cuban regime, and Iran. 

Senator Fetterman DARES his Democrat colleagues to vote against military funding for Operation Epic Fury — before dropping a BRUTAL one-liner about Iran’s leadership.

“I think the Iranians are doing kind of like a ‘Weekend at Ayatollah’s’ — trying to pretend this guy is… pic.twitter.com/uRQj8nJ4Zb

— Overton (@overton_news) March 16, 2026

We are beyond the “Trump Derangement Syndrome” explanation. We have entered Opposite World, where bad is good, enemies are friends, and freedom is slavery. 

This NYT columnist is VERY DISAPPOINTED that Israel killed the man behind the massacre of 36,000 innocents for the crime of asking to be free. https://t.co/HehyuHmsd7

— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) March 17, 2026

I guarantee you that if the Iranian regime is replaced, Democrats and the media will still trash Trump and Netanyahu. They will find every negative story they can and amplify it. They will decry the fall of Cuba, just as they attacked the arrest of Maduro. 

Iranian regime leads the world in executing children & has done so for decades. Girls as young as 9! They also arrest & torture children as a matter of course. Fact they can garner support from people who claim to be specifically appalled by harm to children is extremely curious. https://t.co/FpKfxhJnzM

— Victoria Freeman (@v_j_freeman) March 17, 2026

They hate us that much. 

Wait until you find out what the Cuban government has been doing to the people of Cuba. https://t.co/DRglbVRvKy

— Lou Perez (@LouPerez) March 17, 2026

Delusional Democrats admit they have more in common with RADICAL ISLAM than Trump supporters and would feel safer next to someone shouting ALLAHU AKBAR than someone in a MAGA hat. 🤦‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/JGTMmcxLmk

— Kaitlin Bennett (@KaitMarieox) March 16, 2026

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