{"id":2530722,"date":"2026-01-06T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-proves-u-s-can-flex-its-military-muscles-without-getting-dragged-into-war-no-one-hates-that-more-than-democrats\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:39:55","slug":"trump-proves-u-s-can-flex-its-military-muscles-without-getting-dragged-into-war-no-one-hates-that-more-than-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-proves-u-s-can-flex-its-military-muscles-without-getting-dragged-into-war-no-one-hates-that-more-than-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Proves U.S. Can Flex Its Military Muscles Without Getting Dragged Into War \u2013 No One Hates That More Than Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-proves-u-s-can-flex-its-military-muscles-without-getting-dragged-into-war-no-one-hates-that-more-than-democrats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2530722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/handmaids-tale-author-under-fire-for-tweeting-article-that-asked-why-we-cant-say-woman-anymore\/\" title=\"\u2018Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019 Author Under Fire For Tweeting Article That Asked Why We Can\u2019t Say \u2018Woman\u2019 Anymore\">opinion piece argues<\/a> that President Donald Trump has demonstrated the ability too use U.S. military power surgically and decisively without becoming mired in open-ended wars. it describes a June 22 strike on three Iranian nuclear sites, including Fordow and Natanz, using air, naval, and submarine-launched munitions to hit deeply buried facilities with no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-tricks-hamas-with-brilliant-tactical-move-then-launches-ferocious-air-campaign\/\" title=\"Israel Tricks Hamas With Brilliant Tactical Move, Then Launches Ferocious Air Campaign\">ground invasion<\/a>. It also recounts a recent operation in Venezuela in which U.S. forces struck caracas, capturing President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife after months of strikes on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >drug-running vessels<\/a>; the author emphasizes no American casualties and a limited, achieved objective. The piece contends these actions contradict longstanding claims-especially from Democrats-that Republican use of force inevitably leads to endless wars or reckless escalation, and accuses critics of hypocrisy given past Democratic tolerance for targeted killings under Barack Obama. It praises Trump for restoring deterrence, avoiding nation\u2011building, and upholding a modern Monroe Doctrine consistent with an &#8220;America First&#8221; approach. throughout, the article adopts a partisan tone, criticizing Democratic reactions and framing the operations as proof of effective, restrained military strategy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For years, Americans were told that any use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">military force<\/a> by the GOP would spiral into another endless war.<\/p>\n<p>That assumption guided foreign policy debates under both parties, and President Donald Trump has shattered it twice in less than a year back in office.<\/p>\n<p>On June 22, the United States struck three Iranian nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The targets included Fordow and Natanz, along with another site tied to uranium enrichment. The operation relied on air and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-drawing-new-battle-lines-in-heated-defense-budget-fight\/\" title=\"Republicans Drawing New Battle Lines in Heated Defense Budget Fight\">naval power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Submarine-launched missiles and massive ordnance were used to hit deeply buried facilities.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The strikes were as decisive as they were final. There was no ground invasion or occupation. Iran was exposed as a paper tiger, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/22\/us\/us-bomb-iran-nuclear-timeline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the mission<\/a> ended.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Trump ordered another operation, this time in Venezuela. U.S. forces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/us-venezuela-strike-nicolas-maduro-captured-how-timeline-trump-rcna252041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">struck Caracas<\/a> and captured President Nicol&aacute;s Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.<\/p>\n<p>The action followed months of strikes on Venezuelan drug-running boats.<\/p>\n<p>The objective was clear and limited, and most importantly, it was achieved.<\/p>\n<p>Not a single American life has been lost in the Caribbean campaign. Trump did not escalate the mission beyond its stated goal.<\/p>\n<p>Both operations demonstrated something Washington elites insisted was impossible. American power can be applied surgically. It can be decisive without being heavy-handed.<\/p>\n<p>There were no open-ended commitments to rebuild, and there was no nation-building trap.<\/p>\n<p>Deterrence was restored globally without flooding foreign soil with U.S. troops &mdash; or U.S. soil with refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Adversaries were confronted directly, and America was not dragged into another generational war.<\/p>\n<p>Those outcomes contradict years of claims. Democrats, in particular, have framed the use of the military as reckless.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when escalation did not happen last week or last summer, they had no explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Especially given their past tolerance for extrajudicial killings under former President Barack Obama, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/04\/democrats-trump-white-house-venezuela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their complaints<\/a> are hollow.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of chaos undermined their usual outrage narrative. No quagmire emerged, no emergency powers were demanded, and no disaster followed.<\/p>\n<p>That is what frustrates Democrats most.<\/p>\n<p>They want Trump to use force and fail, and they want that failure to be catastrophic.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Trump has surrounded himself with capable people while the U.S. military proved, once again, why it is the best in the world.<\/p>\n<p>These operations also punctured another illusion, which is that America&rsquo;s adversaries were in our league, when they were in fact about as threatening to national security as an unarmed security guard at an Aerosmith concert.<\/p>\n<p>The world order Democrats describe is built on exaggeration and fear. They insist NATO is sacred and that confronting evil is somehow itself evil.<\/p>\n<p>So they are left rooting against Trump and the troops. It would not be surprising if some quietly hoped for flag-draped coffins last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>That is a miserable place for a political party to land. These are people who mock Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;America First&rdquo; mantra while pointing to both strikes.<\/p>\n<p>They miss the point, because America First does not mean America only.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has kept the Monroe Doctrine alive and rejected the false choice between appeasing tyrants forever or occupying countries for decades.<\/p>\n<p>He has charted a new course, and the Democrats can&rsquo;t stand it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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