{"id":70461,"date":"2026-03-15T21:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/rep-dan-crenshaw-says-trump-is-doing-whats-need-in-the-middle-east-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T21:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:23:36","slug":"rep-dan-crenshaw-says-trump-is-doing-whats-need-in-the-middle-east-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/rep-dan-crenshaw-says-trump-is-doing-whats-need-in-the-middle-east-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Dan Crenshaw says Trump is &#8220;doing what&#8217;s need&#8221; in the Middle East conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Texas Republican Rep.  Dan Crenshaw said Sunday that President Trump is &#8220;doing what&#8217;s needed&#8221; as the Pentagon is set to deploy a few thousand more Marines to the Middle East as tensions escalate between <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-kc-135-plane-crash-iraq-us-deaths-strait-of-hormuz-no-end-in-sight\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the United States and Iran<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it signals that there&#8217;s a seriousness of supporting whatever contingency operations might be needed,&#8221; the congressman and a former Navy SEAL said on &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dan-crenshaw-texas-republican-face-the-nation-transcript-03-15-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to do this, which we have done, you need to see it through,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the messages being sent to U.S. troops by Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who earlier this month said there would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/4418959\/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-gen-dan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;no stupid rules of engagement&#8221;<\/a> and &#8220;no politically correct wars,&#8221; Crenshaw commended Hegseth on what he said is clear military language for troops to abide by.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you fought in these wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, you&#8217;d be well acquainted with bad rules of engagement,&#8221; Crenshaw said. &#8220;You know the kind of thing that says, look, you can&#8217;t shoot unless you&#8217;re shot at. What he&#8217;s saying is that we are targeting Iranian military without quarter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth is &#8220;making it very clear for our military,&#8221; Crenshaw said, adding that it is something the U.S. has lacked in many past conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw also said he&#8217;s not worried that the language could inflame enemies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The rules of engagement will be very clear and in place and in writing for our troops,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it sends any wrong message &#8230; I think it sends exactly the right message.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Islamophobic rhetoric in GOP is &#8220;fairly fringe&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Asked about some anti-Muslim messages that emerged from some Republican lawmakers in recent days \u2014 including <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/tommy-tuberville-zohran-mamdani-anti-muslim-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama<\/a><\/span> who posted an image of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a Ramadan event along with a photo of the 9\/11 terror attack, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepOgles\/status\/2031002097135599717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee who said Muslims don&#8217;t belong in American society<\/a> \u2014 Crenshaw called the Islamophobic rhetoric within his party &#8220;fairly fringe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw, whose term as representative of Texas&#8217;s 2nd congressional district is set to end following his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-primary-midterm-2026-second-congressional-district-results-dan-crenshaw-steve-toth\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">loss in the GOP primary earlier this month<\/a><\/span>, then said, &#8220;I mean, the truth of the matter is, radical Islamism is bad, right? We&#8217;ve always known that &#8230; That should not be a controversial statement at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a Republican conflict ongoing right now over Israel and the antisemitism issues, and so, you know, one could make the argument that speaking out against it has only inflamed it,&#8221; Crenshaw said. &#8220;So, look, I still think that&#8217;s very fringe. I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s- that&#8217;s certainly not the administration&#8217;s position. And like, we&#8217;re going to go after radical Islam, that&#8217;s why we need to fund agencies like DHS, and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Misinformation blamed for primary loss<\/h2>\n<p>On his recent loss in the primary, Crenshaw has blamed misinformation as one of the factors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a unique Republican, you know, I&#8217;ve been the target of online smears and conspiracies for a very long time. 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