Editing Eric Cantor (section)

===Other foreign affairs===
In an article he wrote for the ''[[National Review]]'' in 2007, he condemned [[Nancy Pelosi]]'s diplomatic visit to [[Syria]], and her subsequent meeting with President [[Bashar al-Assad]], whom he referred to as a "dictator and terror-sponsor"; saying that if "Speaker Pelosi's diplomatic foray into Syria weren't so harmful to U.S. interests in the Middle East, it would have been laughable."<ref name="nr syria">{{cite news|url=http://article.nationalreview.com/311228/assads-speaker/eric-cantor |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129183255/http://article.nationalreview.com/311228/assads-speaker/eric-cantor |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |title=Assad's Speaker |last=Cantor |first=Eric |date=April 10, 2007 |work=The National Review |access-date= April 13, 2010 }}</ref>

In 2014, Cantor criticized what he referred to as "the isolationist sentiment" and said that it was a mistake to withdraw from [[Iraq]] and had called for troops to remain in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/eric-cantor-isolationist-sentiment-103595|title=Cantor blasts 'isolationist sentiment'|first=Austin|last=Wright|website=POLITICO|date=February 17, 2014 }}</ref>

During the 2016 presidential election Cantor, a supporter of [[Israel]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/us-elections/donald-trump/trump-must-stand-with-israel-like-he-stands-against-isis-cantor-says-464065|title=Trump must stand with Israel like he stands against ISIS, Cantor says|website=The Jerusalem Post &#124; JPost.com|date=August 14, 2016 }}</ref> called on [[Donald Trump]] to be more consistent with his support for Israel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/donald-trump|title=Donald Trump|website=Washington Examiner|date=February 21, 2024 }}</ref>