Victor Davis Hanson says European leaders are now trying to take credit for what happened to Iran

I think now that all the heavy lifting has been done and Iran is flat on its back, you’re going to see all these opportunistic, carrion actors come in. You’re going to see the UN say, ‘Well, we’re going to be in charge of the peace,’ or you’re going to see people say, ‘This is what we’re going to do with Lebanon,’ or individual European states, or the EU, or NATO. But none of them were to be found when it was very unpopular, very risky, and Iran had this reputation—unfounded, I think—but it was the terror of the Middle East. We were told it was indomitable. For 47 years, you might want to go to Iraq or Afghanistan, but you don’t go near Iran. They’re too crazy. They’re too dangerous. And Donald Trump, in less than six weeks, with the help of the Israeli Air Force, demolished it. And now all of a sudden, everybody wants to pile on and think that they’re somehow responsible for the future of the new Middle East. It’s really shameless. It really is.”

Victor Davis Hanson says European leaders are now trying to take credit for what happened to Iran, calling it “shameless” after they stayed on the sidelines while the real work was done:

I think now that all the heavy lifting has been done and Iran is flat on its back, you’re… pic.twitter.com/yg6Vig9iSq

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