Call Your Members of Congress: Rein Him In! Hold Him Accountable! Stop the War in Iran

1. War in Iran
   1. Reasons for Going to War
   2. Munitions are not Infinite
   3. Planning for the War
   4. Contempt for the Constitution, Congress, Law, and the American People
2. Call Your Member of Congress
3. Prepare for Contact
   1. Have a Script
   2. Call as a Group
4. Find Your MoC
5. Image Attribution

Trump thinks it is smart to be “unpredictable” like he’s Vector in Despicable Me, but it really means that he is impulsive and intuitive. However, the war with Iran is anything but impulsive or intuitive. It is the result of one of Trump’s other major qualities, being completely and utterly for sale. He’s sold our military — costing us lives and a billion dollars a day — to Netanyahu and Bone Saw to achieve their goal of destroying Iran. I don’t know how much they paid him, but it is us that are paying for it.

The only sane response to him is rein him in and hold him accountable.

War in Iran

Reasons for Going to War

War in Iran occured for a revolving door of ever changing reasons. Chief among the latest is that Trump FELT that Iran was going to strike first. Secretary of State Rubio said it was because Israel was going to attack which would provoke Iran to attack US assets, so instead of deterring Israel or hardening our assets, we shrugged and went along with them. Other reasons given: to destroy their obliterated nuclear abilities, destroy their non-existent ICBMs and existent medium-range ballistic missiles, and to retard their ability to sponsor terrorism. I heard Senator Kelly say he has a list of nine reasons.

The lack of reasons for going to war is the chief reason to be against it and end it as soon a possible. Trump needs to be reined in. He needs to be held accountable.

Munitions are not Infinite

We now live completely in Trump’s delusion. Let’s illuminate his world of make believe. First, Trump says that we have near infinite munitions like our munitions are made by Keebler elves at night while we all sleep. Second, he blithely says we can just take them from our armories on our bases around the world. As if they’re just there for convenience and not to support some regional strategic goal like deterring aggression from a specific opponent like China, North Korea, or Russia. He believes. And third, he thinks Biden wasted our infinite weapons by giving them to Ukraine and not because he sold them to the Gulf States and Israel.

According to sources who live in the real world, the shortage is the direct result of Trump’s reckless actions. He used a full quarter of our high-end munitions and interceptors in the June 2025 “obliterating” Iran’s nuclear weapons capability after Israel attacked them first Like Israel led us into that debacle, too. Then in service to Saudi’s war effort in Yemen, he used about $200 million worth of those same munitions gaining little or nothing by attacking Houthis.

Now there is talk of a supplemental funding bill for the military because if Trump’s reckless attack of Iran.

Not only does Trump clearly not understand how the military or war works, he clearly is out of control endangering us all. He needs to be reined in and held accountable.

Planning for the War

We read now about how we have approximately a million Americans in the Middle East region. Trump’s excuse for not having a plan in place was because it all happened very quickly. What? We chose the moment we attacked. There was no imminent threat.

It is the height of recklessness to undertake an attack of this magnitude without a plan for defending our bases, keeping our embassies, consulates, and diplomats safe, and for evacuating American citizens. It just makes no sense. The protection of Americans in the Middle East is as shambolic as his effort to protect us from the #COVID19 pandemic. Why would we expect anything different from that from Trump? Maybe the British or Canadians will take some Americans with their citizens because we sure as shit aren’t doing it.

Trump is a clear and present danger to every American. He needs to be reined in and held accountable.

Contempt for the Constitution, Congress, Law, and the American People

Presidents can only attack countries without prior Congressional approval if there is imminent threat. No matter how they wiggle or shake, there is no imminent threat to the US or any of our assets, Lil’ Marco’s whining about mean old Israel making us do it.

The problem with authoritarian rule is that it relies exclusively on the judgment of one person. No matter their delusion of perfection, they make mistakes. The advantage of democracy is that our legislative branch — Congress to you and me — deliberate issues. We discuss, debate, dispute. Then, we come to a vote for a decision. It is slow and messy, but it helps keep us out of trouble as long as everyone involved does so in good faith. The Republicans and the administration are not operating in good faith, which is where you come in.

We need an administration that respects the Constitution, the law, our government, and our citizens enough to follow our laws and norms. We need to rein Trump’s reckless dangerous behavior in. We need to hold him accountable.

Call Your Member of Congress

Don’t let yourself be gaslit by Trump, Republicans, or the smart aleck’s and trolls on your social media. Calling your member of Congress really works. They pay attention to those calls. This is shaping up to be a volatile and unpredictable election year, so they are especially concerned about what people are thinking. Even or maybe even especially the Republican members of Congress.

Help rein Trump in. Help hold him accountable. Make plans to call your members of Congress.

See our one size fits all guide to influencing Congress, other elected officials, and any government officials. It has everything you need to know including all of the links to find their contact information, ideas on what else to do other than call, what to do if you get voicemail or its full, and how best to craft your message. Otherwise, follow these steps:

Prepare for Contact

Only contact YOUR members of Congress. While it is tempting to call the most famous and influential members, they won’t listen to you if you’re not in their district or state. You’re just tying up the phone line, preventing a constitutient from calling.

When you call a Congressional person’s office, they’re likely to have an intern answering the phone to take a message. Treat them like a real live human being. Be polite. It’s not like your senator or representative is sitting there waiting for your call. And, even if by some fluke you end up talking to your members of Congress, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

They are likely to follow the strategy of leaving it on voicemail to discourage you. Leave a message and consider using one of the alternative means of contacting their office like writing postcard or email.

No matter what you end up doing, there are two things that make contacting your members of Congress either better or more successful:

Have a Script

Know what you want to say ahead of time. It helps you hit all the points you want to make, be polite, stay on message, be efficient, and are ready for voicemail.

Here’s a model to use or follow:

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [STATE and LOCALITY].

I’m calling today to urge you to pass a war resolution act to rein in Trump’s reckless war in Iran. Congress must exercise its Constitutional duty to check and balance Trump. It is clear that our war in Iran is a waste in American lives and munitions, costing us a billion dollars a day. There was no imminent threat. There was no direct threat to Americans or America. This war is not in our best interest and allowing it to continue is no way to support our troops..

It is beyond time for Congress to rein in Trump. It is beyond time to hold him and his administration accountable.

Thank you for your time and attention.

IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied.

Call as a Group

You have to call during business hours, so make it a day drinking game! Pass the phone and the shots around a group of friends, family, acquaintances, and strangers snagged off the street!

Seriously, you’re more likely to do a thing if you’ve (a) made a plan with date, time, and method established and (b) have a buddy or group doing it with you. So, get yourself organized and have some fun with it!

Find Your MoC

Get your MoC’s contact information, contact information for other government types, track legislation, and other miscellaneous government type information from the items on this list and from these links.

• Common Cause will give you the names, party affiliation, direct phone number, website link, and social media platforms of all of your federal, state, and local elected officials.
• GovTrack is a comprehensive site of federal and state legislation.
• USA.gov is the official guide to information and services of the US government. This page explains clearly how to contact everyone from the Ol’ Pussy Grabber to your representative to specific government agencies. Through it you can find the following information about your MoC’s:
  • Their phone numbers: DC and state offices
  • Their mailing addresses both in DC and their state offices
  • Official website with their contact page including email, request a meeting, town hall schedules, and social media
• The Capital Hill Switch Board: (202) 224-3121.

Let us know how your calls to your members of Congress turned out in the comments!

Image Attribution

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