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Iran strike critics unfit for national security, Foreign Affairs chair says

Mar 12, 2026, 22:37 GMT+0

Representative Brian Mast, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, said on Thursday that lawmakers who oppose US strikes on Iran should not be involved in national security decisions.

“If you’ve sat through classified briefings on Iran, voted them the world’s largest state sponsor of terror, and still don’t understand why we struck them, you have no business anywhere near the national security of this country,” Mast said.

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