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Isa Air Base training wing was again targeted today.....luckily the cadets weren't there and all the aircraft moved away. Random residential buildings got hit as well in Bahrain including the one beside my parents. Bahrain is getting hit quite a lot........the narrative to hit only US targets is no longer the case
 
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Opinion|US-Israel war on Iran

We, the American people, have had enough of endless wars​

The US-Israeli war on Iran is illegal and goes against the interests of the American people.


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U.S. President Donald Trump salutes as members of the military carry a transfer case during a dignified transfer of the remains of six U.S. Army service members who were killed in Kuwait. [Nathan Howard/Reuters]

President Donald Trump salutes as the remains of six US Army service members who were killed in Kuwait arrive back in the US [Nathan Howard/Reuters]

By Hussam Ayloush
CEO of CAIR California.
Published On 8 Mar 20268 Mar 2026
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The United States has once again been dragged into a catastrophic war in the Middle East. The US military is now attacking Iran not because our nation faces an imminent threat but because the Israeli government has long sought confrontation with Tehran and has finally found a willing partner in Washington.

This war is unnecessary, unjustified, unconstitutional, in violation of international law and entirely against the will of the American public.

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Under the constitution, the power to declare war rests with Congress, not the president. Therefore, President Donald Trump’s decision to launch air strikes and pursue regime change in another country without congressional authorisation is illegal. It echoes the darkest chapters of post-9/11 American foreign policy when fear and deception were used to rush our nation into disastrous wars, the price of which we are still paying today.

On the global scale, attacking a sovereign nation – or as wanted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls it, launching a “preemptive strike” – without an imminent threat violates the United Nations Charter and fundamental principles of international law. The bombing campaign – which is taking place during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, a time of increased spirituality and reflection – has already stained our national conscience.

On the first day of the war, a US air strike killed about 165 schoolgirls in the city of Minab. American weapons have once again made us complicit in the killing of children abroad.

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And for what?

We are told this is about “security”. We are told this is about stopping Iran’s nuclear ambitions. But we’ve heard this before. For more than 30 years, Netanyahu has insisted that Iran is “weeks away” from a nuclear bomb. Those weeks have stretched into decades. Fear has been recycled as policy.

Let’s also be honest about something else: Iran, with all its objectionable and often detrimental regional ambitions, is not an imminent military threat to the United States. The American public understands this. Poll after poll shows Americans are weary of endless wars in the Middle East. Our communities want investments in healthcare, education, infrastructure and job creation – not another trillion-dollar conflict that sends our soldiers into harm’s way and destabilises yet another region.

So why is an American president who campaigned on “America First” governing as if he embraces “Israel First”? Why are American troops, American tax dollars and American credibility being placed on the line to fulfil the longstanding ambitions of a foreign government?

This is not a healthy alliance. It is a toxic dynamic in which the United States provides money, weapons, diplomatic cover and unconditional political support while being dragged into wars that make us less safe.

We are told this war is about human rights. About women’s rights. But bombs do not liberate people. Air strikes do not advance democracy. Slaughtering schoolgirls is not “feminist” foreign policy.

If human rights were truly the concern, our government would not selectively apply them based on geopolitical convenience. Our own ally, Israel, is engaged in a genocide that has killed and wounded more than 200,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians. Not funding that mass murder of children would have been a good start for our humanitarian concerns.

And Americans are right to ask these questions. At a time when transparency and accountability are demanded at home, especially as it pertains to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, why are we instead being thrust into another foreign war? The American people deserve honesty, not distraction.

This war will not bring stability. It will inflame the region, harm civilians, endanger US soldiers and potentially trigger a wider conflict with global consequences. It risks American lives and American security for objectives that do not serve the American public.

Congress had a chance to uphold its constitutional responsibility and stop unauthorised military escalation but failed to pass the war powers resolution sponsored by Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna. This vote reflects the strong influence of the Israeli lobbying group AIPAC and its money along with a troubling unwillingness by some lawmakers to stand up to powerful lobbying interests and unchecked executive power.

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Congress, especially those members who claim to oppose endless wars, must continue pursuing every available avenue to reassert its authority and prevent further escalation; the stakes are far too high for elected officials to remain silent.

The American people do not want this war. It is time for our government to serve them, not the agenda of a foreign leader desperate to cling to power and evade accountability.

The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.
  • Hussam Ayloush
    Hussam Ayloush
    CEO of CAIR California
    Hussam Ayloush is the CEO of CAIR California, a chapter of CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organisation.
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We, the American people, have had enough of endless wars

The US-Israeli war on Iran is illegal and goes against the interests of the American people.
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What about the murder of 100+ Iranian girls in an elementary school in Iran done by USA. Where is Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, United Nations, UNESCO???
 
I think that if Iran can keep up the economic damage for another week that Trump will be "finished" in the sense of his ability to accomplish anything outside of his pure Presidential powers. Conservatives, like me, who only supported him because the other choice was Kamala Harris, will want him "contained" by Congress and the Courts, so that his additional damage to us all is minimized until January 2029.

What Israel and the USA have done to Iran and the other nations of the Gulf is unconscionable. The destruction of lives and livelihoods for years to come is appalling. The attack on the girl's school in Minab should be investigated by the UN or ICC as a war crime.

Trump has forever sullied the honor of the US with this war of choice. It is even worse that George Bush's war on Iraq. Taken together, the US must, must step back from following Israel to hell. We must, must regain our belief in universal human rights, the rights of all humans to live in peace and to pursue prosperity.
 
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I think that if Iran can keep up the economic damage for another week that Trump will be "finished" in the sense of his ability to accomplish anything outside of his pure Presidential powers. Conservatives, like me, who only supported him because the other choice was Kamala Harris, will want him "contained" by Congress and the Courts, so that his additional damage to us all is minimized until January 2029.

What Isarael and the USA have done to Iran and the other nations of the Gulf is unconscionable. The destruction of lives and livelihoods for years to come is appalling. The attack on the girl's school in Minab should be investigated by the UN or ICC as a war crime.

Trump has forever sullied the honor of the US with this war of choice. It is even worse that George Bush's war on Iraq. Taken together, the US must, must step back from following Israel to hell. We must, must regain our belief in universal human rights, the rights of all humans to live in peace and to pursue prosperity.
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this is a fantastic statement. thank you, I appreciate it.
 
TruthSeeker said:
I think that if Iran can keep up the economic damage for another week that Trump will be "finished" in the sense of his ability to accomplish anything outside of his pure Presidential powers. Conservatives, like me, who only supported him because the other choice was Kamala Harris, will want him "contained" by Congress and the Courts, so that his additional damage to us all is minimized until January 2029.

What Isarael and the USA have done to Iran and the other nations of the Gulf is unconscionable. The destruction of lives and livelihoods for years to come is appalling. The attack on the girl's school in Minab should be investigated by the UN or ICC as a war crime.

Trump has forever sullied the honor of the US with this war of choice. It is even worse that George Bush's war on Iraq. Taken together, the US must, must step back from following Israel to hell. We must, must regain our belief in universal human rights, the rights of all humans to live in peace and to pursue prosperity.
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Finally a sensible post from an American. The murder of the Iranian girls in the elementary school needs to be investigated by the United Nations.
 
TruthSeeker said:
I think that if Iran can keep up the economic damage for another week that Trump will be "finished" in the sense of his ability to accomplish anything outside of his pure Presidential powers. Conservatives, like me, who only supported him because the other choice was Kamala Harris, will want him "contained" by Congress and the Courts, so that his additional damage to us all is minimized until January 2029.

What Isarael and the USA have done to Iran and the other nations of the Gulf is unconscionable. The destruction of lives and livelihoods for years to come is appalling. The attack on the girl's school in Minab should be investigated by the UN or ICC as a war crime.

Trump has forever sullied the honor of the US with this war of choice. It is even worse that George Bush's war on Iraq. Taken together, the US must, must step back from following Israel to hell. We must, must regain our belief in universal human rights, the rights of all humans to live in peace and to pursue prosperity.
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for the first time, unimaginably though, i have to agree!
 
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