How America Can Beat Iran
Tehran must understand that the U.S. has not come close to exhausting its power.
July 20, 2026
A cliché that doesn’t match reality.
J.D. Vance’s overtures to the anti-Semitic wing of the Republican party, combined with the recent ascendancy of anti-Israel Democrats, seem to give credence to the idea that Israel is growing ever more isolated. This tired observation was recently repeated by Rahm Emanuel, who is trying to position himself as leader of Democratic moderates. But it isn’t true, as Richard Goldberg and Roger Zakheim explain:
Tehran must understand that the U.S. has not come close to exhausting its power.
He will only hand the radicals a victory.
A cliché that doesn’t match reality.
Who has been proved wrong about the Jews and history.
And a prison’s first bris.
J.D. Vance’s overtures to the anti-Semitic wing of the Republican party, combined with the recent ascendancy of anti-Israel Democrats, seem to give credence to the idea that Israel is growing ever more isolated. This tired observation was recently repeated by Rahm Emanuel, who is trying to position himself as leader of Democratic moderates. But it isn’t true, as Richard Goldberg and Roger Zakheim explain:
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