The United States and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran, a dangerous escalation that risks dragging us into another devastating, decades-long conflict. This war threatens the lives of U.S. service members, endangers millions of people across the region, and could destabilize the entire Middle East.
We know one thing for sure: More bombs and more war will not bring peace, stability, or safety to anyone. Continue reading to learn more and take action now.
Forever wars pull our attention away from critical issues and make us all less safe. These wars start with no end in sight and have shifting priorities and goalposts. They make our communities unsafe, and they distract us when leadership is failing.
Even more than that, they are costly in both lives and dollars. The violence and loss of life during these conflicts is massive and often immeasurable. Between unreported deaths and untrustworthy reporting, it’s impossible to get a clear understanding of that loss.
The dollars are easier to track, and funded by a portion of your income tax. In 2024, $872 billion was spent on national defense activities, with the average taxpayer paying over $3,700 of their income taxes to fund weapons and war.
The U.S. spends more on its military than the next nine largest military budgets combined. While Trump and his administration are seeking $1 trillion for their military budget, they are proposing cuts to programs that help Americans survive, like Medicaid and SNAP.
Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “peace president,” campaigned on an “America first” agenda, promising to keep the United States out of endless wars and focus on resolving the issues the American people are facing here at home.
Since returning to office, Trump has done the complete opposite. He renamed the Department of Defense the Department of War, then followed through on this warmongering—authorizing military strikes on eight countries, kidnapping a foreign head of state, and continuing to leverage threats against multiple other countries—all in just the first 14 months of his second term. This isn’t America first. This is everywhere else first.
United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has promised the military will shower “death and destruction from the sky all day long,” continuing the violent architecture of America’s military since Trump’s executive order renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War. Together, Hegseth and Trump have made their position clear: more bombs, more violence, more war.
Instead of strengthening safeguards that keep service members and civilians safe, Hegseth has boasted of unleashing the military to have “maximum lethality” and “violent effect.” Under Hegseth, the Pentagon slashed a civilian protection unit that had been years in the making, even as U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran have already killed at least 1,200 civilians, if not more, including nearly 200 children.
In September 2025 alone, Hegseth’s Pentagon spent $2 million for Alaskan king crab, $6.9 million worth of lobster tails, $15.1 million for ribeye steak, $124,000 for ice cream machines, and $139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts. While Americans lost health care, the overall spend for September 2025 was $93 billion—more than in any other year since 2008.
The latest escalation into war with Iran is another example of Hegseth’s inability to handle national security crises.
A Pentagon investigation found that Hegseth broke the rules and improperly disclosed sensitive, classified details about top-secret military operations.
Additionally, legal experts are already questioning the legality of Trump’s war with Iran under Hegseth’s watch, including controversial strikes in international waters that have drawn scrutiny from military law scholars.
We have the opportunity right now to highlight Hegseth’s ineptitude and his violence, as well as Trump’s. Trump has no plan, no diplomacy, and no tact.
Trump would rather spend billions of dollars funding a senseless war abroad, instead of investing in health care, research, or education in the U.S.
Hegseth has shown he cannot be trusted with the power of this office and this position. Impeachment and aggressive oversight are necessary steps to stop further abuses.
The combination of skyrocketing civilian casualties, scrapped safeguards, and inflammatory rhetoric is extremely telling. This war will only grow more brutal and take more lives if Congress refuses to act to remove Hegseth.
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