First, Vance strongly preferred negotiations with Iran, rather than military options; when it comes to a terrorist dictator state which does not honor truth nor agreements, this is a losing strategy.
I believe the American public would have been ok with a quick military operation to finish Iran’s nuclear facilities and even to finish off the regime, but the public opinion was lost during extended useless negotiation procedures: It should have been obvious that negotiations with the Iran regime would not bear fruit, and truly, no good fruit came from the negotiations. So why did Vance support the path of negotiations, only to distance himself from their failure afterward?
Second, as soon as it became clear that this strategy had failed and the voters had abandoned the Republicans as a result, then Vance threw Trump under the bus, as well as blame “the Jews” for the Republican failure. That’s like blaming the caddy for losing the golf game.
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Sources: Jerusalem Post, 10th Nov 2026 pg 1. Jerusalem Post, 9th Nov 2026 pg 9.