John Daniel Davidson seems to be continuing his efforts to damage morale, and even the Daily Caller

The Federalist editor John Daniel Davidson, who previously made defeatist arguements regarding the war against Islamofascism, which he termed "forever wars", looks like he's still keeping up a Tucker Carlson-influenced position, and hinting he's against ground operations, if that's what's needed to bring down the Islamofascists still in Iran. What he says was written in response to the crisis at the straits of Hormuz:

To open the strait, the administration is going to have to choose among a set of actions that are, for obvious reasons, unappealing and unpopular: all-out regime change, the deployment of U.S. ground forces to the Iranian coast (among other possible deployments inside Iran, like using U.S. Special Forces to secure nuclear sites and materials), and Persian Gulf convoys for the foreseeable future.

While much depends on how these things are done, they will likely be deeply unpopular — and not just with Trump’s critics on the left. Polls right now indicate broad support for the war among Republicans and the president’s MAGA base, but the minute U.S. troops set foot on Iranian soil we should expect that support to begin eroding.

So in other words, it's okay for Iran to cause chaos for anyone sailing through Hormuz, but ground troops bringing down the dictatorship is inherently wrong, huh? What a shoddy disgrace Davidson's being. Hey, of course it's bad if say, Europe's militaries aren't willing to take any of the needed steps to deal with this, but that doesn't mean the USA military shouldn't deal with the situation and do everything possible to put a stop to what Iran's doing there. Again, we seem to have here a situation where somebody refuses to recognize that freedom isn't free, and Davidson clearly doesn't want to help Reza Pahlavi in his own campaign to put a stop to the Iranian autocracy.

That’s why the Trump administration should begin a concerted and coordinated effort now to assuage Americans’ concerns about getting bogged down in Iran. If victory in Iran is going to require more than flying sorties over Iranian airspace and dropping bombs, then Trump and his officials should begin preparing the American people for that eventuality.

Indeed, support for any overseas military action often depends on managing Americans’ expectations. If the message is that the Iran war will be a walk in the park, or that it will be over by the end of the month, and it turns out that major, months-long operations (and possibly ground troops) are going to be required to secure the Strait of Hormuz or enact regime change, that will erode support for the war faster than anything.

Because Davidson wants it to. And that's shameful. I think this could be a case of wanting to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I'm not convinced Davidson even cares about Europe's dire state, based on such fishy and otherwise shoddy coverage. If there's uranium in Iran that needs to be stopped, it's just all the more disturbing that somebody would oppose that, especially somebody claiming to be a conservative.

Since this subject came up, here's another article about the sad situation where a considerable number of Americans don't want to do any ground combat, and worse, may not want the USA military defeating Iran's ayatollah regime at all. although since this is the Daily Caller, the site co-founded by Tucker Carlson, perhaps what they're saying is skewed:

Recent polling shows weak support for the war among Americans. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released March 1, only 27% support strikes against Iran. Support among Republicans is at 55%, while it is 19% among independents and just 7% among Democrats — making it one of the most unpopular wars in decades.

“It’s unusual to have such a negative response when American troops are still fighting, and I think that has everything to do with the polarization we’re facing,” pollster Scott Rasmussen, founder of Rasmussen Reports, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

“Now, that the view about Iran is becoming more negative. Let’s be very clear about this. There is a lot of downside potential coming out of Iran that could really hurt the president, really hurt Republicans,” Rasmussen said.

What's strange is that in the following poll news, coming from Rasmussen's own company, however, contradicts what the Daily Caller's claiming:

Polling throughout the nearly three-week U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran has consistently shown near-unanimous backing for President Donald Trump’s decision to launch Operation Epic Fury among the MAGA base and overwhelming support among Republicans, while a new Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday finds that a majority of likely voters overall say the operation has been succeeding.

The Rasmussen poll found that 61 percent of likely voters say the military operation against Iran has been successful so far, including 35 percent who describe it as “very successful.” [...]

Other polling has reinforced the same pattern across multiple surveys conducted since the operation began.

An Economist/YouGov poll conducted in recent days found that 87 percent of MAGA supporters approve of Trump’s handling of Iran, while other surveys have placed support as high as 91 percent among MAGA-aligned voters.

This certainly is much different than what the Daily Caller's telling, and indeed, how is it possible Rasmussen himself would be quoted telling them such a downer? For all we know, they probably distorted his statements, and provided one more reason why anything coming from Daily Caller has to be taken with a grain of salt. I guess that's the Carlson influence in motion alright.

Davidson is not suited for his job with the bizarrely defeatist approach he's taking that doesn't recognize why it's inevitable when moral sacrifices need to be made among patriots to prevent much worse from occurring, and it's also shameful how he, along with the Daily Caller, are even belittling Reza Pahlavi's crowd and practically erasing them along the way. Apparently, more sensible people are invalid in their hypocritical viewpoint.