Members of Congress,
This is a demand for immediate, unconditional opposition to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Not a procedural statement about congressional authorization while you continue repeating the same propaganda used to justify this assault.
A War Powers vote is not enough by itself. War Powers only addresses who has authority to declare war. It does not make this war acceptable. Some of you are hiding behind process while still supporting the strikes, repeating escalation narratives, and leaving the door open to a congressional authorization later. That is not opposition. That is complicity.
Let’s be clear: if you condemn Trump for bypassing Congress but still endorse regime change, still repeat threat inflation, or still frame this attack as justified “if done correctly,” then you are supporting war.
This assault was sold under shifting excuses: nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, “protecting” Iranians, and now openly regime change. The goalposts keep moving because the objective was never peace. It was aggression.
Even members of Congress have acknowledged there was no new intelligence showing an imminent Iranian nuclear threat. Yet the bombing proceeded anyway. Diplomacy was undermined, and war was chosen. Iran repeatedly stated it did not seek nuclear weapons, the U.S. destroyed the JCPOA, and attacks followed even as negotiations continued.
The U.S. and Israeli governments bear responsibility for the deaths caused by this war. Every U.S. servicemember killed in this war is the responsibility of the U.S. and Israel, which launched and escalated this assault.
And the civilian toll in Iran is already catastrophic. In the opening wave of attacks, at least 153 people were reportedly killed in a strike on an Iranian girls’ school, and most of the fatalities were girls between the ages of 7 and 12. This must be stated plainly. These were children. This is what your “strategic ambiguity” and procedural hedging are helping normalize.
Disagreement with a government does not justify military aggression. It does not justify sanctions designed to cripple an economy and fuel unrest. It does not justify bombing a country and calling it liberation.
We expect immediate action:
- Publicly and unequivocally demand an immediate end to all U.S. military attacks on Iran
- Oppose any authorization, funding, facilitation, or political cover for continued war
- Reject regime change rhetoric outright
- Stop repeating the propaganda used to sell this war
- Use every available legislative tool to halt U.S. participation now
If you do not directly and outspokenly oppose this assault, then your inaction is support. If you had weeks of warning and did nothing, that was support. If you now hide behind procedure while civilians are killed, that is support.
We will remember who opposed this war in substance — and who only objected to the paperwork.
We will not vote for candidates who failed to clearly oppose and act against this illegal and unacceptable assault on Iran.
End this war. Immediately. Without conditions.