Oversight

Democrats Need to Get It Together and Say ‘Stop’ to an Iran War at All Costs

The Trump administration is yet again trying to start a major war based on lies. It needs to be stopped.

Trevor Timm
GEN
Published in
5 min readJan 6, 2020

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The funeral procession of IRGC Quds Force commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraq’s PMU second-in-command Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Tehran, Iran, on January 6, 2020. Photo: NurPhoto/Getty Images

TThe rapid fallout of the Trump administration’s shocking assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani has been both unsettling and predictable to anyone who has warned of the grave dangers of provoking a larger war with Iran.

It’s clear the Trump administration is actively deceiving the American public. It’s clear a war with Iran would be an unmitigated disaster — no matter who is in charge. The message from Democrats, and really any politician, should be simple: Stop another Middle East war at all costs.

The consequences from the Soleimani killing are unfolding so fast it’s hard to keep up. On Sunday, the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel U.S. troops from the country. The U.S. military in both Iraq and Syria announced it has halted its campaign against ISIS to prepare for an Iranian response. Iran announced it was halting its compliance with the uranium enrichment limitations of the nuclear deal (which the Trump admin unilaterally left last year anyway).

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Trevor Timm
GEN
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Trevor Timm is the executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation. His writing has appeared the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Intercept.