This Democrat just said the quiet part out loud about the Democratic Party’s approach to foreign policy.
During an appearance on NewsNation on Friday, House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) admitted concerns about the direction of his party on foreign policy.
“Does Democrats effectively taking the side of Iran not bother you?” Smith was asked by the honest.
“I think it is just one of the most dishonest things that perpetuates a war. If you’re not in favor of a war, you’re rooting for us to lose, and you’re rooting for the opposition. That is just a ridiculous argument.
”Are you in favor of a full-scale invasion of Iran to make the regime crack? I don’t think you are. Does that mean you don’t want America to win?”
However, he admitted he was worried about the direction of his party on foreign policy.
“I do worry about where my party is at in foreign policy, that we are moving away [from] fundamental support for the United States.”
“But Donald Trump doesn’t help when he comes out and says, ‘What is the United States of America about?’”
“We want to completely erase the Iranian civilization, we don’t care how many civilians we kill, we have the Secretary of Defense saying, give them no quarter, which means no survivors.”
“Basically, it’s making the United States of America into, basically, a predatory entity. I want to balance those two things. I don’t want my party to wind up too far over there.”
You can watch the full clip over at Breitbart.
Hours after Trump launched his war on Iran, Smith released a statement condemning the attacks as “contrary to domestic and international law” and suggested that Trump should have maintained Barack Obama’s nuclear deal.
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