When the rubber meets the road and a specific intervention is being debated, are Republicans actually the party of isolationism? At least on Iran, the answer so far is no.
In a poll from YouGov for The Economist this week, Republican voters are between two and three times as likely to support military action against Iran as Democrats are, depending on the exact question asked.
In one question, YouGov asked respondents what strategy the U.S. should take to get Iran to limit its nuclear program. Respondents could indicate agreement with several options ranging from America increasing economic sanctions on Iran, to decreasing them, to using military force against Iran (or promising not to). Respondents who identified as Republicans were three times as likely as self-identified Democrats, 31% to 9%, to support the use of military force against Iran. 41% supported harsher economic sanctions, versus 22% for Democrats.
The minute Trump pulls the trigger the vast majority will jump on board with military action.
Think about it. The MAGA cult is made up of angry, violent xenophobes. They carry military style weapons and dress up in their ordinary lives as if they’re getting ready to invade Falluja! You don’t think they’re going to get behind killing a bunch of foreigners? That they won’t revert to their patriotic flag-waving, “you hate the troops” bullshit the minute Donald Trump goes to war? Please. They love that stuff. He won’t have any problem with the cult.