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Who Wanted War with Iran???? Let’s Check the Numbers

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Democrats Secretly Help Trump Start War in Iran. Thomas Massie Aims to Force a Public Vote on War

March 2, 2026 Thomas Massie, Jimmy Dore, MTG, Strength In Numbers and Max Blumenthal 9

Democrats Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, and Senator Chuck Schumer have both taken over $1.7 million from AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby
The United States and Israel launched a new round of military strikes against Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. Trump has called on Iranians to rise up and overthrow their government; critics say this is evidence that Iran cannot be defeated militarily.

Congressman Thomas Massie announced that he will work with Democrat Representative Ro Khanna to force a Congressional vote on war with Iran. He wrote: “The Constitution requires a a vote, and your Representative needs to be on record as opposing or supporting this war.”

A senior policy aid to Senator Chuck Schumer revealed that Democrat Congress members who are aligned with Israel support Trump’s new war with Iran as Republicans are set to absorb the domestic backlash ahead of the midterms. However, Massie’s war powers vote threatens to force Democrats to publicly declare whether they support giving Trump unilateral authority to wage war.

A YouGov snap poll fielded Feb. 28, the day of the strikes, found 34% of Americans approve of the US attacks on Iran, with 44% disapproving and 22% unsure. A new regime change war is politically toxic.

.Trump campaigned on isolationism and “no new wars.”

According to Grok, “reports from Reuters, NYT, CNN, Al Jazeera and others confirm: Israel launched pre-emptive strikes on Iranian targets today (Feb 28 2026), with US coordination and Trump announcing “major combat operations.”

Last year, on June 22, 2025, the United States military, under President Trump, conducted airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities as part of the Twelve-Day War. President Trump claimed that the strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities.

From Marjorie Taylor Greene:

From Strength in Numbers:

Trump starts a war with Iran that few Americans support

The United States and Israel launched a new round of military strikes against Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, and so the most important numbers this week are the ones measuring whether the country is behind the war its president just started. It is not.

I also have a recap of a massive week of Strength In Numbers publishing — including our February poll release, two deep dives on party strategy, and a flash poll on Trump’s State of the Union address.

On deck this week: Tuesday’s Deep Dive will cover exclusive new Strength In Numberspolling data that shows voters hold contradictory opinions on a variety of social and economic issue areas. Given measurement error in surveys, how you ask questions matters a lot for the implications polls have for the public and party strategy.

For now, let’s dig into the numbers on Iran.

I. Trump starts a war with Iran that nobody wants

Last June, after the U.S. bombed strategic military targets in Iran, I published an article compiling polls that showed just 16% of Americans supported “getting involved in the Israel-Iran conflict,” including just 19% of Trump voters. Then, the public didn’t want a war with the country, with 60% of adults opposing military action.

Eight months later, the public still doesn’t support military action in Iran.

A YouGov snap poll fielded Saturday — the day of the strikes — found 34% of Americans approve of the U.S. attacks on Iran, with 44% disapproving and 22% unsure. The partisan breakdown reflects strong polarization in opinion: Republicans approve 69–12, Democrats disapprove 70–10, and independents lean heavily against — 52% disapprove, 20% approve.

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This level of support for a foreign war is incredibly low. In comparison, a Gallup poll in November 2001 found 92% of Americans approved of military action in Afghanistan. And a Pew poll in late March 2003 found 71% supported the decision to use force in Iraq. The YouGov snap poll from Saturday puts approval of the Iran strikes at 34%.

Looking at opinions broken down by party tells a similar story. After 9/11, the partisan gap on Afghanistan was essentially nonexistent — 96% of Republicans and 90% of Democrats approved of a U.S. invasion of the country. And when Operation Iraqi Freedom began in Iraq in March 2003, 93% of Republicans supported the war vs 59% of Democrats.

On Iran, Republicans’ support for the president’s attack is much lower. According to YouGov’s snap poll, just 69% of Republicans vs 10% of Democrats support Trump’s actions.

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From Max Blumenthal on X:

Blumenthal noted that Trump’s Chief of Staff Suzie Wiles is a former paid advisor to Netanyahu’s 2020 re-election campaign.

Blumenthal posted this message on February 27, 2025, the day before the US and Israel bombed Iran.

from:    https://needtoknow.news/2026/03/democrats-secretly-help-trump-start-war-in-iran-thomas-massie-aims-to-force-a-public-vote-on-war/

This Is NOT Our War

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Rep. Thomas Massie Introduces Legislation to Stop US Involvement in Israel-Iran War

June 18, 2025 Gateway Pundit 6

Republican US Representative Thomas Massie introduced an Iran War Powers Resolution with Democrat Representative Ro Khanna to prohibit US involvement in the Israel-Iran war. The resolution notes that “Congress has the sole power to declare war” and would direct the President to terminate use of US military against Iran, “unless explicitly authorized.”

Massie wrote: “This is not our war. Even if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.”

Massie also polled followers, asking, “Should the United States be giving Israel weapons to make war with Iran?” and 85% of the more than 126,000 respondents said “No.”

Trump is losing his base over supporting Israel in another war.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) announced that he has introduced a resolution to prohibit American involvement in Israel’s war with Iran on Tuesday. 

This comes as Trump signaled on Tuesday that he is seriously considering a strike on Iran and taking out Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

“We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

The President later shared a message he received from U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, where Huckabee compared the current situation Trump faces to that of President Harry Truman, who ordered the first nuclear bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending World War II. This prompted concern among supporters of the President, who ran on the promise of ending wars, not starting World War III or involving the U.S. in another endless war in the Middle East, that the nuclear option is being considered.

This comes after Israel carried out a massive bombing campaign on Iran’s nuclear sites. The Jewish state conducted the preemptive strike, called “Strength of a Lion,” after receiving intelligence that Iran had enough enriched uranium to build several nuclear bombs within days. However, as The Gateway Pundit reported, since the 1990s, Netanyahu has repeatedly claimed that Iran is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons, often citing short timelines for their capability.

The President has gone from calling for Israel to hold off on attacking Iran pending negotiations, even hours before Israel struck Iran, to now calling for “a real end, not a ceasefire” after Israel seemingly vetoed his calls for peaceful negotiation.

Late last month, Trump said he told Israel it wouldn’t be “appropriate” amid the ongoing negotiations:

If Trump decides to go the interventionist route, he will be siding with the warmongers like RINO Senator Lindsey Graham (SC), who has called on the U.S. to go “all in” with Israel and even called for a regime change in Iran.

Rep. Massie announced his resolution on X on Tuesday, saying, “This is not our war. Even if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.”

The resolution, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) notes that “Congress has the sole power to declare war” and would direct the President to terminate use of U.S. military against Iran, “unless explicitly authorized.”

I just introduced an Iran War Powers Resolution with @RepRoKhanna to prohibit U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran war.

This is not our war. Even if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.

Massie has long been outspoken against involvement in Israel’s war.

On Friday, he vowed to vote against funding for the war, noting that the country evidently “already has enough to start offensive wars.”

 

He also polled followers, asking, “Should the United States be giving Israel weapons to make war with Iran?” and 85% of the more than 126,000 respondents said “No.”

 

from:    https://needtoknow.news/2025/06/rep-thomas-massie-introduces-legislation-to-stop-us-involvement-in-israel-iran-war/