{"id":179825,"date":"2026-02-27T12:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=179825"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:06:58","slug":"the-surging-of-airpower-to-the-middle-east-does-not-mean-another-forever-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=179825","title":{"rendered":"The surging of airpower to the Middle East does not mean “another forever war”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The United States has deployed additional air and naval assets to the Middle East. Vice President JD Vance argued against this being a move towards another forever war, this time against Iran. The U.S. and Iran are negotiating over the direction of Iran’s nuclear program. The U.S. wants Iran to permanently stop these initiatives. Iran is not in agreement.<\/p>\n

From Newsmax:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking with The Washington Post on Air Force Two as he returned to Washington from an event in Wisconsin on Thursday, Vance said President Donald Trump is weighing military and diplomatic options to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon but without repeating what he described as the costly missteps of past administrations.<\/p>\n

“The idea that we’re going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight — there is no chance that will happen,” Vance said, responding to critics who predict a prolonged conflict if the U.S. escalates its response.<\/p>\n

Vance,a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq and has said he was “lied to” over that war, described himself as a “skeptic of foreign military interventions.”<\/p>\n

He said that skepticism aligns with Trump’s America First approach.<\/p>\n

“I think we all prefer the diplomatic option,” Vance told the Post. “But it really depends on what the Iranians do and what they say.”<\/p>\n

Newsmax has reached out to the White House for comment on Vance’s remarks.<\/p>\n

Vance said earlier in the week that the U.S. has evidence Iran is trying to rebuild elements of its nuclear program following U.S.-led strikes in June that Trump said obliterated key nuclear sites.<\/p>\n

“The principle is very simple: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” Vance told reporters ahead of renewed talks in Geneva.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/b><\/p>\n

McCarthy, C. (2026, February 27). JD Vance: No endless war as Trump weighs Iran strikes. Newsmax<\/i>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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