Blog 3766 – 03.04.2026

War Is A Distraction 

It has been eighty-four years since the U.S. Congress has declared war. Per the Constitution that is the job of Congress, yet Presidents have circumvented that Constitutional requirement and involved our nation in “Policing actions” around the world from Korea to the attack on Iran last Saturday.

A protest song during the Vietnam War said it best, “War, good God y’all, what is it good for – absolutely nothing. Say it again!” No one truly wins a war, some just lose more than others. Some think war is good for the economy, but these things always present an enormous bill. The highest cost being in deaths and shattered lives.

Since Saturday we have heard several conflicting reasons for our nation joining Israel in attacking Iran. The modern nation of Israel has only existed since shortly after World War Two and only because of support from the United States of America, also another relatively new kid on the block with a national history of only two-hundred and fifty years.

The country we attacked for most of its thousands of years as a nation has been known as Persia and it has survived and thrived after countless attacks. Even Alexander the Great’s empire of conquest which included Persia and Babylon did not last past his own death while Persia (Iran) and Babylon (Iraq) still exist to this day.

We thought we had learned our lesson regarding the fruitlessness of long protracted wars in the Middle East with our disastrous engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq. It appears we have not. I heard a former military advisor to the President say yesterday that this war is a terrible miscalculation. He listed several convincing reasons for his assessment. One that stuck in my mind was rocket count. We have only a few weeks supply at the rate we are using them up and Iran has more than enough for an extended retaliatory campaign. We allowed the state of Israel to acquire nuclear weapons some years ago. When the Israelis run out of conventional rockets and are forced to admit that their iron dome is more myth than reality they may be tempted to use a tactical nuke at which point the Chinese and Russian will stop them. Will Israel survive as a nation? Will we?

I believe the reason for this war with Iran is just a distraction from other problems this administration is experiencing i.e. the Epstein Files, the lagging economy, inflation, and income inequality. “Pay no attention to the little man behind the curtain, I am Trump the Magnificent, the Peace Maker.”

Today the Senate will vote on a bill to stop the President from continuing this war that Congress has not declared. It ought to be voted on unanimously as was the bill requiring the DOJ to release the Epstein files. But will it be? We shall see.

The last thing we need is another war to distract us, not from Making America Great Again, but from actually living up to our promise of being a shining light, a city on the hill top, and not just another played out empire of conquest trying to force our culture, our way of life, on everyone else.

Your friend and fellow traveler 

David James White