<p>Former Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-calls-out-republicans-on-inflation-defends-israel-aid-in-first-gop-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> (R-S.C.) took aim at fellow GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday, marking the latest in a volley of jabs between the two on foreign policy issues.</p>
<p>&#8220;[<span class="r-18u37iz">Vivek Ramaswamy] </span>must have missed that the fanatical terrorist regime in Iran regularly calls for ‘Death to America,'&#8221; Haley posted via X. &#8220;If he doesn’t see a nuclear Iran as a threat to American security, then he should take his place beside AOC and the Squad and get nowhere near the White House.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VivekGRamaswamy</a> must have missed that the fanatical terrorist regime in Iran regularly calls for ‘Death to America.&#39;</p>
<p>If he doesn’t see a nuclear Iran as a threat to American security, then he should take his place beside AOC and the Squad and get nowhere near the White House.</p>
<p>&mdash; Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1697252433087623356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Haley&#8217;s post appeared to be a direct response to a Monday <a href="https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/08/30/its-important-not-to-put-our-men-and-women-on-the-line-in-a-war-with-iran/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> Ramaswamy did with Israel Hayom, during which the entrepreneur <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/haley-ramaswamys-feud-intensifies-compares-israel-policies-aoc-far-left-squad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> that he wanted to remain supportive of Israel and opposed Iran achieving nuclear capabilities — but he drew the line at allowing the United States to take direct military action against Iran.</p>
<p>Asked, if he would &#8220;use military force to stop Iran,&#8221; as previous administrations had signaled they would, Ramaswamy responded:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We will not stop Israel from defending itself to the fullest capacity. And we remain supportive of Israel, because they are our friend. I think it&#8217;s really important that the US not put our own men and women on the line in a war with Iran, when in fact, there&#8217;s no reason for us to be in that kind of war now, and I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s good for the United States, and I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s good for Israel. But what we do need to do is to make sure that Israel is strong so that Iran isn&#8217;t emboldened. This is, you know, an ayatollah in Iran who would rather Israel not exist, let&#8217;s just call that truth out for what it is. And so, Israel needs to be in a strong position to defend itself. And the United States will be at Israel&#8217;s back. But I think that that&#8217;s a very different thing from automatically sleepwalking ourselves into war. I&#8217;m an anti-war president. And the way I&#8217;m going to do it is by deterring war, be it ending the war in Ukraine and deterring China. These are important elements of why I think it&#8217;s important to be strong, but in a way that doesn&#8217;t accidentally walk us into wars that we don&#8217;t belong in.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Ramaswamy responded to Haley&#8217;s criticisms in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/haley-ramaswamys-feud-intensifies-compares-israel-policies-aoc-far-left-squad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to Fox News Digital, saying that he had left military intervention in Iran on the table during that interview.</p>
<p>&#8220;Another flagrant distortion by the neocons &#8230; I said we would fully support Israel, including militarily, but that we should *not* want U.S. men and women dying in a war between Israel and Iran,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Haley, who most recently served as the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., has been trading barbs with Ramaswamy on foreign policy issues since the first GOP <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-unloads-on-vivek-ramaswamy-over-foreign-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">primary debate</a>.</p>
<p>Citing Ramaswamy&#8217;s position on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine — namely that Ukraine should make <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vivek-ramaswamy-bring-back-trumps-trans-military-ban/story?id=99813290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">major concessions</a> to their Russian aggressors to prevent a Russia-China alliance — Haley argued, &#8220;You are choosing a murderer over a pro-American country … You would make America less safe.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Under your watch, you would make America less safe, you have no foreign policy experience and it shows,&#8221; Haley continued.</p>
<p>Ramaswamy has since hit Haley on a few occasions, referring to her assessment of his policy statements as &#8220;<a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/its-a-lie-go-ahead-and-play-it-vivek-ramaswamy-tries-to-steamroll-andrea-mitchell-in-latter-stages-of-wild-marathon-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lies</a>.&#8221; He also slammed her for saying that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-bashes-ramaswamy-for-saying-hed-cut-aid-to-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he did not fully support Israel</a> from his <a href="https://www.vivek2024.com/truth-over-myth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaign website</a>: &#8220;WRONG. Keep lying, Nimarata Randhawa. The desperation is showing. By the end of Vivek’s first term, the US-Israel relationship will be deeper and stronger than ever because it won’t be a client relationship, it will be a true friendship.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Haley is not the only Republican candidate taking issue with Ramaswamy&#8217;s position on Israel and Iran. Former Vice President and fellow GOP primary candidate Mike Pence offered a similar response to the political newcomer, saying, &#8220;<span class="r-18u37iz">[Vivek Ramaswamy] </span>announcing that he will not use military force to defend Israel against Iran demonstrates a profound lack of understanding about defending American interests and our most cherished ally. Weakness Arouses Evil.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VivekGRamaswamy</a> announcing that he will not use military force to defend Israel against Iran demonstrates a profound lack of understanding about defending American interests and our most cherished ally. Weakness Arouses Evil. Vivek’s hesitation to send a clear message of… <a href="https://t.co/MV8PCNOZtn">https://t.co/MV8PCNOZtn</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1697017002307576095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></p></blockquote>

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