Posted on 09/23/2026 12:44:58 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told a local television news station in Shreveport, Louisiana, this week that President Donald Trump needs to bring the war in Iran “to a resolution.”
“It’s been a priority and an objective of every administration, for nearly 50 years, to ensure that Iran didn’t have a nuclear capability. Now that’s done. Operation Epic Fury was an epic success,” Johnson said dutifully, later adding:
The world is safer because of it. But now we’ve got to bring that to a resolution. And the Strait of Hormuz not being open affects commerce. It directly affects gas prices and fuel prices. And also you know the price of groceries, for example, because they got to be transported, and the higher fuel prices are a factor in that as well.
Now, all that said, we acknowledge it. We got a lot of work to do. I think as soon as the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, and I think we’re entering a new phase of that very soon, then the president’s right. Gas prices come back down.
Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman, who first reported on the comments, noted of the speaker’s remarks, “This is in line with what other Republicans are saying that it’s time for the Iran war to end.” Congressional Republicans are facing growing indications from pollsters of a possible November wipeout as high gas prices and the soaring cost of living turn voters toward the Democrats.
Johnson has previously broken with the president on the war and urged him to “wrap it up.”
“And I know this administration is working around the clock to resolve that in a way so they don’t suffer any more troop losses. This is a great tragedy — it shouldn’t happen. But it is a very important objective, one that I believe we’ve achieved, to ensure that the largest state sponsor of terrorism does not have a nuclear weapon. That would be a disaster for everybody, and everybody around the world understands that,” Johnson said in a July presser, adding, “Now we’ve got to wrap it up.”
In other words let them declare victory and pay them for wiping out their military?
You're epic-level stupid... aren't you?
starve them out then. 3 days of no food and their people will revolt.
3 days
Starving people would rather have food than nuclear weapons
This is why we never finish what we start. The armchair generals in Congress push for political resolution rather than winning.
This is why we never finish what we start. The armchair generals in Congress push for political resolution rather than winning.
>> This is why we never finish what we start. The armchair generals in Congress push for political resolution rather than winning.
^^^^^ THIS. THANK YOU! ^^^^^
And the armchair generals in Congress are abundantly bolstered by the public armchair generals. Those are well-represented right here on FR.
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