GOP Senators’ ‘Utterly Absurd’ Trump War Logic Prompts Damning Comparison | EUROtoday

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) was accused Wednesday of deploying Orwellian logic whereas defending Donald Trump’s determination to assault Iran.

“Here’s why we went into Iran. We had no choice. The president didn’t start a war; he was trying to stop a war,” Kennedy instructed Larry Kudlow on Fox Business.

Kennedy additionally repeated Trump’s unverified declare that Iran was quickly build up its missile stockpile and posed a rising menace to America, and insisted Tehran was solely liable for the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the important delivery lane by means of which about one-fifth of the world’s oil passes.

“Iran shut it, we didn’t! We’re not to blame,” he stated.

The remarks prompted swift backlash, with critics likening his argument to the form of warped logic deployed by the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984.”

“War is peace,” wrote one critic on X, a reference to the paradoxical occasion slogan within the guide.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command,” one other added.