The Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America [DSA] condemn the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran and demand that U.S. leaders move towards disengagement instead of continuing the destruction of the region.
After decades of crying “nuclear,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American President Donald Trump have sparked a hot war that will directly impact 90 million Iranians, 10 million Israelis and 4 million Palestinians living in the region. It will also indirectly affect people around the world, including those in Milwaukee, as the economic impact takes hold.
“This is yet another example of unnecessary American intervention in the Middle East”, Milwaukee DSA leader Pamela Westphal said. “While thousands of Americans every day struggle to have adequate access to food, shelter, water, education and transportation, the U.S. government uses the same taxpayer dollars that could alleviate these problems to bomb innocent civilians in Iran.”
Though Trump has characterized this initial attack as necessary to bring peace, we recognize the self-fulfilling nature of a nuclear nation baiting and bombing another nation over unproven claims of that nation’s combative intentions.
Already, Israel, the U.S. and their allies have spent decades destabilizing the region. In the past three years, Israel’s escalated ethnic cleansing of Palestine alone has led to international charges of war crimes and condemnation from countries around the world.
“To our Iranian brothers and sisters in Milwaukee and beyond, I pray for your safety and healing as this war is reignited,” Westphal said. “And to our Muslim neighbors here in Milwaukee, we stand in solidarity with you against Islamaphobia and U.S. intervention in the Middle East.”
Just a generation after the horrific occupation of Iraq, Americans should know better than to beat the drums of regime change or to join a war that has already cost hundreds of civilian lives. Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan remain battered by American and allied meddling, their communities facing some of the world’s worst living conditions. We hope U.S. leaders will do the right thing and move towards immediate peace instead of continuing down a long road of death and destruction.
Milwaukee DSA is Milwaukee’s largest socialist organization fighting for a democratic economy, a just society, and a sustainable environment. Join today at dsausa.org/join.
