{"id":2622200,"date":"2026-07-01T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-critics-of-iran-talks-wanted-more-bombs-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:05:53","slug":"vance-critics-of-iran-talks-wanted-more-bombs-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-critics-of-iran-talks-wanted-more-bombs-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance: Critics of Iran talks wanted &#8216;more bombs&#8217; in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fvance-critics-of-iran-talks-wanted-more-bombs-in-afghanistan%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=2622200&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>Vice President JD Vance responded to critics of the White House&#8217;s negotiations with Iran, highlighting that many of those opposing are the same individuals who previously advocated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-image-warning-at-least-40-ukranians-and-50-russian-mercenaries-dead-as-fighting-continues\/\" title=\"Graphic Image ...ning: At least 40 Ukranians and 50 Russian &#039;Mercenaries&#039; Dead as Fighting Continues\">increased military action<\/a> in places like Afghanistan during the war on terror. Speaking at naval Air Station Oceana, Vance noted that President Donald Trump had effectively destroyed Iran&#8217;s nuclear and military capabilities before entering negotiations, giving the U.S. leverage. He contrasted this approach with past policies, emphasizing that negotiation is a sign of strength, not weakness. Vance also reflected on lessons from past military engagements, criticizing the notion that the U.S. should either never use force again or continuously escalate without clear objectives. He called for decisive leadership with well-defined goals and proper support for military personnel, asserting that current leadership aims to ensure war is only undertaken with a justified purpose.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7658\">JD Vance<\/a> took a shot at critics of the White House\u2019s peace negotiations with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>, saying many of those objecting are the same people who pushed the United States to \u201cjust drop a few more bombs in places like Afghanistan\u201d during the global war on terror. <\/p>\n<p>Vance made the remarks while addressing U.S. military personnel at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia on Wednesday. In particular, Vance said that President Donald Trump launched the Iran war with the objectives of destroying Tehran\u2019s nuclear capabilities, military, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >defense industrial base<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> said those objectives had been accomplished and now Trump was using the leverage provided by the U.S. military to negotiate an end to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s negotiating from a position where Iran\u2019s nuclear program has been destroyed and their conventional military has been destroyed too, and what I notice about the people who are attacking the administration for negotiating is that they\u2019re the very same people who, for example, encouraged us to just go a little bit further and just drop a few more bombs in places like Afghanistan,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4629765\/venezuela-deported-missing-hotel-collapse\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Over 100 Venezuelans deported from US hours before quakes missing in hotel collapse<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4629765\/venezuela-146-deportees-missing-hotel-collapse-traumatized\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Over 100 Venezuelans deported from US hours before quakes missing in hotel collapse<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4627971\/iran-us-ceasefire-hormuz-ship-strikes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iran threatens \u2018complete halt\u2019 to US peace talks after day of tit-for-tat strikes<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vice president also used the speech to draw a contrast between the conflict with Iran and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during the Bush era.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy do we engage in negotiation? Because of you, it\u2019s not out of weakness, but it\u2019s out of strength,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI go back to that time that I served in the United States military from \u201903 to \u201907, we made a lot of mistakes back then. We did a lot of stupid things back then. You performed ably, but your political leadership did not. And what I remember about that time is that number one, there were people who learned all the wrong lessons from that moment in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4628352\/trump-iran-requested-meeting-pezeshkian-claims-billions-assets-released\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4628352\/trump-iran-requested-meeting-pezeshkian-claims-billions-assets-released\/\">TRUMP SAYS IRAN \u2018REQUESTED\u2019 MEETING AFTER PEZESHKIAN CLAIMS $6 BILLION IN ASSETS WILL BE RELEASED<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vance said some of those lessons were that either the president \u201ccould never use the military again\u201d or an \u201cequally wrong lesson that the solution\u201d was to ask the military to do \u201cmore and more and more without giving you a clearly defined objective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think that you deserve to have a clearly defined objective,\u201d Vance said. \u201cI think you deserve to have a president of the United States who believes in you and gives you the weapons to win, and I believe that you have presidential leadership today that will never ask you to go to war unless he\u2019s telling you why you\u2019re going to war.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance criticizes war critics, urges clear goals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4183,"featured_media":2622201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26172528338134.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7228,4365,32404,3823],"class_list":["post-2622200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-afghanistan","tag-critics","tag-geopolitics","tag-iran"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26172528338134.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2622200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622204,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622200\/revisions\/2622204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2622201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}