Let me explain this crazy trick: The Pentagon is acting like there have been two separate Iran wars, with a short break in between, Massie wrote on X.”The truth is: By going more than 90 days without Congress approving the war, @SecWar is breaking the law and needs to be held responsible,” he said.
The congressman, who has always spoken out against Trump’s illegal, pointless, and harmful war, was reacting to a post about how shocking it is that the Pentagon has taken off the names of four service members who recently died in Jordan from the official list of Iran War casualties.
The administration is saying that since “their deaths happened after President Trump declared a ceasefire in the war in April,” they didn’t technically die during the war.
This is not just disrespectful to the soldiers and their families—it’s also a clear way to mislead the public.
The logic behind this is completely illogical.
Trump has repeatedly said the war is coming to an end, that it’s over, and that Iran wants to make a deal.His “ceasefires” are fake and only meant to influence the stock market.He always goes back to bombing.This hasn’t been multiple wars—it’s one long, continuous war.And the White House doesn’t have the legal right to keep fighting it without Congress approving it.
Trump has become very focused on casualty numbers lately and even posted on Truth Social to compare deaths in past wars like Afghanistan and Vietnam to the Iran War.
But he conveniently ignored the fact that those wars are over, and their numbers are final.The Iran War is still going on, so the death toll will keep rising.
Right now, every top official involved in this war is breaking the law.
While Trump will almost certainly give blanket pardons to his friends before leaving the White House, a smart and creative Justice Department run by Democrats could find a way around those pardons and bring strong legal actions against them.
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