Democrats are at odds over the Israel-Iran war as Trump considers intervening
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., from left, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 4, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
After nearly two years of stark divisions over the war in Gaza and support for Israel, Democrats are now finding themselves at odds over U.S. policy toward Iran as progressives demand unified opposition to President Donald Trump's consideration of a strike against Tehran's nuclear program while party leaders tread more cautiously.
U.S. leaders of all stripes have found common ground for two decades on the position that Iran cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. The longtime U.S. foe has supported groups that have killed Americans across the Mideast and threatens to destroy Israel. But Trump’s public flirtation with joining Israel’s offensive against Iran may become the Democratic Party’s latest schism, just as it is sharply dividing Trump's isolationist “Make America Great Again” base from more hawkish conservatives.
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