the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
May 4, 2026
Talking to Congress about the Iran war, the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the Democrats and some Republicans were the worst problem with the war. He said the Iran war had only lasted two months, unlike the U.S. wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Those wars were the never-ending wars. He said this administration was taking care of a problem that had lasted 47 years and doing it quickly and sharply.
Maybe. The current war in Iran has lasted decades, cold and hot, due to U.S. interference. There may be a “ceasefire,” but bombs are still being dropped on Lebanon, the U.S. military has a blockade of Iran, and the Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed. Gas prices and trade disruptions are tearing up economies around the world.
And while we are speaking of the Democrats and the Republicans, who pursued the war in Vietnam? Democrats and Republicans. Who pursued the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Republicans and Democrats. And it was not Congress that lobbied to end those years and years of war; it was instead some of the population.
These “let’s have a war” leaders do not give a damn what happens to vets and their families, except when the politicians are out campaigning. And with their fat salaries, pensions and benefits, they don’t even see the cost the population pays.