DOUG SCHOEN: As a Democrat, I back Trump’s Iran strike — my party is wrong

As a Democrat, it is profoundly disturbing to me that many in my party have widely condemned what appears to be, at least initially, a successful, coordinated effort to promote fundamental andlasting change in Iran.

It falls to me, a Democrat who has supported my party and its candidates for many years, to state what is obvious: the Trump administration and our military deserve strong support for leading acoordinated strike with Israelthat has already led to the death ofIran’s supreme leaderand multiple senior Iranian officials and continues to degrade Tehran’s nuclear and conventional weapons programs. 

This action also offers thepotential for long-overdue regime change, where large percentages of the Iranian population have long supported removing the current illegitimate regime — one of the rationales the president offered for striking Tehran and other Iranian cities at this time.

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Very sadly, many in my party seem more interested inregime change in Jerusalemthan they are in regime change in Teheran and the possibility of lasting political change.

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Given that Iran is arguably the world’s biggeststate sponsor of terrorismand repeatedly refused to voluntarily dismantle its nuclear program through peaceful means, the threat to U.S.and allied national security is real and imminent, requiring decisive action by the U.S.and Israeli governments.

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Very sadly, many in my party seem more interested in regime change in Jerusalem than they are in regime change in Teheran and the possibility of lasting political change.

I fervently hope my party will now focus in a bipartisan way on supporting our efforts in the Middle East, rather than condemning President Trump for not seeking to formally invoke theWar Powers Act before launchingthe coordinatedstrike on Iranwith Israel.

Nicolás Maduroto now contributing to the removal of the supreme leader of one of the most dangerous theocratic states, Iran.

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I very much hope that the leaders of my party will stand with the administration and the people of Iran in the coming days to support an effort that — for the first time in many years — offers the prospect of peace and democratization in the Middle East.

What could be more important?

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Douglas E.Schoen has more than 40 years of experience as a pollster and political consultant.He served as an adviser to President Bill Clinton and to the presidential campaign of Michael Bloomberg.Schoen is founder and partner of Schoen Cooperman Research.