1. United States
2. Mass.
3. Letter

I am incredibly alarmed by the reports Donald Trump is about to drag us into another Middle Eastern war. I want your office to insist that any military strikes against Iran be submitted to a vote by Congress, like the Constitution intends. And I want you to oppose those strikes when that vote comes up. Please publicly announce you will back measures like Rep. Massie and Khanna and Senator Kaine’s war powers resolutions and support a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. We spent two decades with U.S. soldiers fighting and dying in this region. It cost us too many lives and too much money, and we have far too little to show for it. No one wants to go back to that, and no one voted for that. 60% of Americans oppose getting our military involved in this conflict. It’s not clear how we can permanently stop Iran’s nuclear program without a full-on invasion and occupation. And anything short of that could get a lot of our troops and a lot of innocent civilians in multiple countries killed without solving anything. This is a decision no one intended for just one man to make for America. And frankly I don’t trust the Trump Administration to make it. They’ve fired too many qualified generals, they’ve ignored basic security measures, and they’ve disrespected our troops too much. They’re reckless and careless, and Congress needs to do their job and check their power.