politics
March 25, 2026
The Deep Risk That Republican Hawks Overlooked
If the Iran war goes badly, the isolationist, anti-Israel wing of the party is likely to steer the GOP’s future.
TL;DR
- Joe Kent, former head of the National Counterterrorism Center, holds controversial views, including skepticism about Russia's war with Ukraine and the 2020 election results.
- The Republican Party is divided between interventionist hawks and isolationist populists, with Donald Trump's personalist rule holding them together.
- The 'America First' ideology, once associated with isolationism and anti-Semitism, has been revived within the GOP by Trump.
- A potential failure in the ongoing Iran war could discredit the traditional security hawks and vindicate the populist anti-interventionists.
- If the Iran war ends in failure, the populist faction, which is more skeptical of Israel and more open to anti-Semitic ideas, could gain significant influence within the GOP.
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