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Iran war splits older and younger conservatives - as pressure builds for Trump to find exit ramp
BBC ^ | 27 March | Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent, reporting from CPAC in Dallas

Posted on 03/27/2026 8:21:49 PM PDT by RandFan

A majority of the American public, polls suggest, have been against the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign in Iran from the day it started.

Republicans, however, have largely stuck by their president as the war approaches the end of its fourth week.

But that may be changing.

At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas, some of the party faithful expressed concern about why the US started this war, how Donald Trump is going to end it and whether the effort has been worth the costs.

"I just wish that there was more transparency on why we're doing what we're doing, that way you could send your loved one overseas and be OK with that," said Samantha Cassell. "I hope it comes to an end quick, because it's the cost of living, the oil and gas, the prices are only going to keep going up."

Cassell, who lives in Dallas, and her friend Joe Bolick were attending their first CPAC conference. He also had his doubts about the war.

"I don't see an endgame yet," he said. "What are we actually trying to achieve? Is it true regime change? What does that look like? Who to replace them? I think we kind of got ourselves stuck."

CPAC has been welcoming ground for Trump for a decade, shifting from a libertarian-leaning gathering to one dominated by Make America Great Again loyalists. The conservative conference has traditionally been held just outside Washington DC, but this year it moved to a sprawling hotel complex near Dallas, Texas

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: anthonyzurcher; antisemitism; bbcfakenews; concerntroll; concerntrolling; fakenews; frantisemiticcult; gopestablishment; rinos; tds; uniparty; worldwar3

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1 posted on 03/27/2026 8:21:49 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

You need to use search. This thread already exists.


2 posted on 03/27/2026 8:24:15 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: rlmorel

BBC is wishful thinking.


3 posted on 03/27/2026 8:25:59 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: rlmorel; gibsonguy

I’m surprised no one pinged it to me!😅 Mods can merge , etc?


4 posted on 03/27/2026 8:30:12 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: gibsonguy

As are many Freepers, apparently.


5 posted on 03/27/2026 8:30:20 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: RandFan

They don’t merge. They usually delete the non-original thread.


6 posted on 03/27/2026 8:31:56 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: gibsonguy

BBC is lying. I believe none of these Legacy Media propaganda outlets.


7 posted on 03/27/2026 8:38:05 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (This Phone)
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To: rlmorel

Yea, the website is antiquated. I offered multiple times to partner or buy the website from Jim Rob but it didn’t happen. I think it’s sad that the site has been left stale for so long. Unwilling to make the effort to modernize and attempt to pull in the conservative male youth at the very minimum. We need to reach Gen Z and Gen Alpha but management doesn’t see it.


8 posted on 03/27/2026 8:46:22 PM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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To: gibsonguy

The entire EU and UK have TDS.
They are armchair quarterbacks and shitty ones at that!
They’re afraid of the islamic filth they’ve taken into their countries.
Cowards with big mouths.
They want us to destroy Putin, but when we remove crazy ayatollahs with nukes, they’re aghast.


9 posted on 03/27/2026 9:00:20 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: RandFan

If the BBC says it’s so, it must be true, right?


10 posted on 03/27/2026 9:04:08 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: RandFan
"WRONG!"

Bombing iran, Bombing iranian mullahs, Bombing iranian revolutionary guards, Bombing iranian revolutionary guards religious police........

There’s no down side....

YEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!!

11 posted on 03/27/2026 10:56:52 PM PDT by BFW
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