Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“The vice presidential candidates had little to say about foreign policy last night, and what they did say was hardly reassuring. Vance played the part of the reliable Trump yes-man, and Walz mostly just echoed the same stale talking points that Harris has been using. In order to defend Trump’s foreign policy record, Vance chose to lie frequently to make it seem as if the former president’s tenure wasn’t a series of failures and reckless decisions. The debate opened with a terrible question about whether they would support a ‘preemptive’ Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. The moderator framed the question in a very misleading way and wrongly suggested that Iran was a couple weeks away from developing nuclear weapons. … The moderator could have opened with a serious question, but it was easier to indulge in some irresponsible fearmongering instead.” (10/02/24)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/a-terrible-iran-question-and-two