The Pentagon is requesting $200 billion in war funding for the ongoing illegal assault on Iran:
The Pentagon has formally moved to secure a staggering $200 billion supplemental budget to sustain ongoing military operations against Iran. According to a report by the Washington Post, the request has been submitted to the White House for backing before it heads to a fractured Congress, where it is expected to ignite a fierce legislative battle over the future of American involvement in the Middle East.
Congress should not approve any funding for this war. The $200 billion request is obscene, but any amount would be unacceptable. All funding requests for the war must be rejected. There should not be one more dime for aggression against Iran.
The Iran war is a betrayal of both U.S. interests and constitutional principles. This is a war initiated on the president’s whim. The people do not support it, Congress never authorized it, and our treaty commitments prohibit it. It should never have been allowed to start, but we can end our part in it by refusing to fund it.
Our government is fighting alongside a genocidal regime as it seeks to devastate yet another country. The U.S. should not be aiding the Israeli government in Netanyahu’s obsession with wrecking Iran. The U.S. has no reason to be at war with Iran, and our government’s role in starting this war is deeply shameful.
