“The League of Women Voters is deeply concerned by the President’s decision to initiate unprovoked military action against Iran…” https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/statement-about-presidents-unilateral-military-action-iran
When I read that statement, issued by the League of Women Voters, I was outraged. This strike on Iran wasn’t “unprovoked.” Iran has been attacking America and its citizens for decades. The Iranian regime has been calling for “Death to America” since the Islamic Revolution. Iran has directly, or indirectly through its proxies, killed Americans all over the world. These are just a few of the deadly attacks:
- November 1979: Iranian students, backed by the regime, seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran — taking 66 Americans hostage in a 444-day standoff.
- April 1983: The Islamic Jihad, an Iran-backed terrorist group, carried out a suicide car bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 17 Americans.
- October 1983: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed 241 U.S. military personnel — including 220 U.S. Marines and 21 other service personnel — in a truck bombing at a Marine compound in Beirut.
- June 1985: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists hijacked TWA Flight 847 on its way from Athens to Rome, torturing a U.S. Navy diver before shooting him point blank in the head and tossing his body onto the Beirut airport tarmac.
- Between 2003 and 2011: Iran-backed militias killed at least 603 U.S. troops in Iraq — “roughly one in every six American combat fatalities in Iraq.”
- January 2020: 109 U.S. troops suffered traumatic brain injuries in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq.
- October 2023: Iran-backed Hamas terrorists killed 46 Americans and kidnapped at least 12 Americans in the October 7th massacre.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/the-iranian-regimes-decades-of-terrorism-against-american-citizens/
This war with Iran since 1979 isn’t a traditional conflict, with a frontline and a battlefield. But make no mistake, it is a war. Iran started it. And now President Trump plans to end it. Some critics say President Trump is going back on his promise of “No more forever wars.” But in fact, this strike will end the war.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/03/iran-strike-venezuela-military-trump-doctrine/
Even Iranians are weary of the endless conflicts in the Middle East. They’re tired of the oppression and see this as a road to freedom.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/lisa-daftari-trump-didnt-start-war-he-ended-one-iranians-celebrating
So, when The League of Women Voters calls itself “a nonpartisan, grassroots organization” they’re lying. They are an obvious, anti-Trump, anti-Republican, partisan group that dutifully parrots the democrat’s talking points. The organization should stick to what it knows, educating voters on local elections. It should also try making sure our elections are free and fair, and that only U.S. citizens are able to cast a ballot.