First and foremost—despite what Trump, Israel, and the mainstream media are saying—there is absolutely no justification for this war.

Despite decades of heated rhetoric, Iran poses zero threat to American soil. The country has never attacked the United States directly, never invaded an American ally, and lacks any meaningful capacity to project military power beyond its immediate region.

Yes, Iran’s proxies have targeted U.S. troops—but only after decades of the U.S. terrorizing the region: toppling democratically elected leaders, backing brutal dictators, launching wars, and carrying out covert assassinations to secure oil and power.

Iran's military budget is smaller than South Korea's, and its navy consists primarily of coastal patrol boats and aging submarines.

The idea that this represents an existential threat to the world's largest military superpower is pure propaganda designed to manufacture consent for war.

This war is built on a lie. Both U.S. intelligence and the International Atomic Energy Agency have repeatedly confirmed that Iran has no active nuclear weapons program and is not actively pursuing a bomb at this moment.

Iran enriches uranium for civilian purposes, which is its legal right under international law as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Meanwhile, Israel, which actually possesses nuclear weapons and refuses international oversight, somehow escapes similar scrutiny. Here’s a visualization of which countries actually have nukes, and how many.

The double standard exposes the real agenda: eliminating regional opposition to American hegemony.

Even if you believe the war is justified, the fallout will be devastating. For everyday people, the costs will be immediate, far-reaching, and deadly.

Trump just painted a target on the backs of 40,000 American troops stationed across the Middle East. These aren't the children of defense contractors or oil executives—they're working-class kids from communities devastated by deindustrialization and economic neglect.

Not to mention tens of thousands of other Americans—diplomats, contractors, aid workers, journalists, and their families—who are also in the region and could be caught in the crossfire.

Iran has already promised "irreparable consequences" for American intervention, meaning retaliation against U.S. forces is virtually guaranteed. Once again, working families will pay the price for their government's imperial adventures.

Wars don't discriminate, but they do disproportionately kill the poor.

As this conflict escalates, it won't be wealthy elites rich enough to escape or hide in their luxury bunkers—it will be ordinary Iranian families, Israeli civilians, American soldiers, and workers across the region who pay with their lives.

Israel’s initial strikes have already killed hundreds in Iran, and each escalation brings more death, more trauma, and more grief for families who never asked for this war.

Iran’s network of regional allies and proxies spans Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq. Each of these groups has already vowed retaliation against American targets.

Russia and China, both Iranian partners, have condemned the strikes and warned of consequences.

What started as targeted bombing runs could easily spiral into a regional conflagration that draws in major powers and devastates entire populations. History shows us how quickly "limited" military actions can explode into massive conflicts.

Remember Iraq? Remember Afghanistan? Twenty years of "temporary" interventions that became permanent occupations, costing trillions of dollars and achieving none of their stated objectives.

Iran is three times larger than Iraq with a more sophisticated military and stronger regional alliances. Any sustained conflict will likely require massive troop deployments, multi-year commitments, and the same failed nation-building efforts that defined the "War on Terror." We're walking directly into another quagmire.

Iran controls critical shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz, where 20% of the world's oil passes daily. Any disruption to this flow—whether through direct Iranian retaliation or simple market panic—will send energy prices soaring.

Higher oil costs mean higher prices for everything from gasoline to groceries to heating bills. Once again, working families will bear the economic burden of their government's military adventures while oil companies profit from artificial scarcity.

Trump's bombing campaign sends a clear message to every non-nuclear nation: if you want to avoid American attack, get nuclear weapons fast.

North Korea learned this lesson and successfully deterred U.S. intervention by developing a nuclear arsenal. Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons and was eventually invaded.

The lesson is obvious: nuclear weapons provide security that international law cannot. Trump's war makes nuclear proliferation more likely, not less—and that makes the world drastically less safe.

The United States wasted trillions of taxpayer dollars on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—money that could have provided universal healthcare, eliminated student debt, or housed every homeless person in America. Reports say the cost of last night’s bombs alone is over $100 million. Meanwhile, we hand Israel billions annually in military aid while 68,000 Americans die each year from lack of health insurance.

Instead of investing in healthcare, education, infrastructure, or climate action that would actually improve American lives, Trump is now spending billions to destroy Iranian facilities that pose no threat to you or me.