The Trump Administration Had No Plan for the War with Iran

Drawing parallels to his own experience as a Marine in Iraq, Senator Ruben Gallego argues that the Trump administration has started a war with Iran without a clear plan, justification, or endgame. He points to the administration's shifting and contradictory reasons for the conflict, which have created a dangerous sense of *déjà vu*. The war has already resulted in American casualties, empowered a more hardline Iranian leader, and caused oil prices to skyrocket, all while costing taxpayers over a billion dollars a day. Gallego concludes that when wars are launched without a strategy, the ultimate price is paid by working-class American service members and their families, not the politicians who start them.