{"id":6201,"date":"2025-06-24T12:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consistent-life.org\/blog\/?p=6201"},"modified":"2025-06-24T12:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:35:20","slug":"the-huge-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consistent-life.org\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/the-huge-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"The Huge Mistake: The U.S. Joins Israel in Bombing Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: This is a quick response to last weekend’s events, and we expect to have more to say with the rapid developments this situation is likely to have.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The date of publication, June 24, is also the third anniversary of the <\/em>Dobbs decision overturning <\/em>Roe v. Wade, so we pro-lifers in the United States are observing it in various ways all over the country.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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by John Whitehead<\/p>\n

Israel bombed Iran for many days in an apparent attempt to destroy Iran\u2019s ability to build nuclear weapons. Iran retaliated by bombing Israel. Hundreds of Iranians and dozens of Israelis\u00a0have been killed<\/a>\u00a0to date. US President Donald Trump contemplated joining Israel\u00a0in bombing Iran, and finally did so on June 22, 2025.<\/p>\n

American involvement in Israel\u2019s war against Iran war is a catastrophic mistake. Here are some reasons why:<\/p>\n

The current war against Iran is not a war of self-defense.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

While Iran might be pursuing the capacity to build nuclear weapons, Iran does not yet have such weapons nor is it clear when Iran might have such weapons.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard,\u00a0told Congress in March 2025<\/a>\u00a0that US intelligence\u2019s assessment was that: \u201cIran is not building a nuclear weapon, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not authorized [a] nuclear weapons program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when he announced Israel\u2019s bombing campaign against Iran,\u00a0acknowledged<\/a>\u00a0that he did not know when Iran might build nuclear weapons, saying, \u201cIt could be a year, it could be within a few months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if Iran did build nuclear weapons, there is no guarantee Iran would use such weapons against Israel, the United States, or any other nation. Using these weapons could carry very serious negative consequences for Iran.<\/p>\n

Attacking Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons capacity is thus not self-defense against an attack but an attempt to prevent some future, uncertain threat. Unleashing actual violence to prevent speculative future violence is not justified.<\/p>\n

Waging war on Iran may encourage the spread of nuclear weapons.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The lesson other nations watching the current war might draw from recent events is that they should build nuclear weapons for themselves as quickly as possible. Possessing such weapons could serve as insurance against attacks such as Iran is enduring.<\/p>\n

The current war may escalate out of control.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If Israel or the United States decides the current bombing is not sufficient to stop Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions; or if Iran retaliates by killing American troops in the Middle East, the war could get much bigger. At worst, it could escalate into a war by the United States to overthrow Iran\u2019s current government.<\/p>\n

Past US wars of regime change in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya show how disastrous such wars turn out to be. Such a war in Iran would likely have similar results.<\/p>\n

For all these reasons, the United States should not have joined Israel\u2019s war on Iran.<\/p>\n

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For more of our posts on how wars are unjustified, see:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Gaza War: Outrageous and Foolish<\/a><\/p>\n

The Preferential Option for Nonviolence in Just War Theory<\/a>: Opportunities for Just War and Pacifist Collaboration<\/p>\n

The Civil War Conundrum, 150 Years Later<\/a><\/p>\n

Finding Common Ground on and Learning from World War II\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Seeing War\u2019s Victims<\/a>: The New York Times Investigation of Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria<\/p>\n

War Causes Abortion<\/a><\/p>\n

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On the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, see our posts that comment on Dobbs directly:<\/em><\/p>\n

Major Obstacle Removed!<\/a>\u00a0(June 24, 2022 Dobbs decision overturning\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Reflections on the Alito Draft Leak of May 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

Post-Roe Life-Affirming Help<\/a>\u00a0\/ Rachel MacNair<\/p>\n

Post-Roe Stats: the Natural Experiment<\/a>\u00a0\/ Rachel MacNair<\/p>\n

Roe v. Wade: Legal Scholars Comment<\/a><\/p>\n

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Editor’s note: This is a quick response to last weekend’s events, and we expect to have more to say with the rapid developments this situation is likely to have.\u00a0 The date of publication, June 24, is also the third anniversary of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, so we pro-lifers in the United States… <\/p>\n