🧨 Netanyahu Wants Another Iran War — NBC News Reports He's Actively Pitching it to Trump So Americans Can Fund and Arm It. We Must Say No!

This isn’t security. It’s escalation—and the bill is always sent to U.S. taxpayers and U.S. soldiers

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to meet Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on December 29th and brief him on options for new strikes on Iran. That’s according to a new NBC News report. And if that doesn’t make your blood run cold, I don’t know what will.

Because Gaza—this genocide that began in October of 2023—has now been ongoing for over two years, pushing into its third year. The region is already on fire. And Israel is back at the door demanding more war anyway.

Before I say another word, I need to ask you from the heart to become a member today. I keep this work free for the world—for readers in Gaza, for students in public schools, for families in deep poverty, for elders on fixed incomes—because a smaller circle of people who can afford it chooses to carry some of the cost. If that’s you, please click here to become a member and click here to join as a monthly, annual, or founding member. Your support keeps this work free for them, and even for you when you can’t afford to pay.

Now let’s talk about what NBC just reported—and what it really means.

NBC News reporters Gordon Lubold, Courtney Kube, Dan De Luce, and Carol E. Lee report that Israeli officials believe Iran is rebuilding and expanding parts of its military capability—especially its ballistic missile program, which was damaged by Israeli strikes earlier. They say Netanyahu is expected to use this upcoming meeting with Trump to argue that Iran’s missile production poses a threat that could “necessitate swift action,” and that he may present options for the United States to join or assist in new military operations.

Read that again: join or assist.

This isn’t Israel “defending itself” alone. This is Israel showing up with a menu of options and asking the United States to step deeper into another war—again—while Americans are told it’s all unavoidable.

The NBC report also notes something else that should terrify anyone paying attention: this is happening as Trump is also considering military strikes in Venezuela, meaning Washington is flirting with multiple warfronts at the same time. That’s not strength. That’s instability on purpose.

And here is the part that exposes the real pattern.

NBC says Israel’s messaging is now focused less on Iran’s nuclear program and more on Iran’s missiles. That matters because it shows what so many analysts have warned for years: the demand never ends. The target shifts. The “urgent threat” changes clothes. The justification gets refreshed. And the next round of bombing gets sold as “necessary.”

First it’s nuclear facilities. Then it’s missiles. Then it’s air defenses. Then it’s proxies. Then it’s something else. There is always something else.

That is why this moment matters so much.

Because Netanyahu is not pitching “peace.” He’s pitching permanent escalation—a region where Israel maintains absolute freedom to strike, while its neighbors are denied any meaningful ability to deter or defend themselves. That isn’t “security” in a normal sense. That’s dominance—and dominance requires endless war to maintain it.

And I want to say this plainly for Americans who voted for Trump because they were sick of foreign wars.

If “America First” means anything, it cannot mean Israel First—forever. It cannot mean American power, American money, and American military capacity being treated like a blank check that Netanyahu can cash every six months when he wants another strike package.

And I need Americans to hear this plainly: we should not have to pay for Israel’s evil actions around the world. Not with our tax dollars, not with our weapons, not with our diplomatic cover. The United States is drowning in staggering debt, with entire cities collapsing under homelessness, addiction, unaffordable health care, crumbling schools, and infrastructure that looks like a failing empire. Somehow we “can’t afford” to fix what’s broken at home—but we can always find billions for Israel.

We can always find more bombs, more interceptors, more ammo, more surveillance, more “emergency” packages—unlimited support to slaughter Muslims whenever Israel decides it’s time for another round. That is not security. That is not morality. That is complicity, purchased with the money of ordinary Americans who never consented to being the financier of this violence.

NBC describes Trump’s June operation against Iran—“Operation Midnight Hammer”—as involving massive U.S. assets, including B-2 bombers and bunker-busting bombs. NBC also notes that Trump has repeatedly claimed the strikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear sites, while early assessments suggested the damage may not have been as extensive as he said. That matters because the political story is being sold as a clean victory—but Israel is back already, asking for more.

If you have to keep going back for “one more strike” and “one more operation,” you are not watching a strategy succeed. You’re watching a region get pulled into a cycle that benefits the people who live off war.

And here’s the moral point I can’t ignore.

For over two years, since October of 2023, Gaza has been the laboratory of impunity. The world has watched a genocide unfold while Israel stayed armed, funded, and protected. We have watched humanitarian law be treated like a joke. We have watched courts be pressured, aid be blocked, civilians be buried, and leaders keep smiling into cameras.

So when Netanyahu shows up again demanding new strikes—this time in Iran—he’s doing it from a position of learned impunity. He has been taught that the United States will absorb the consequences, manage the headlines, and cover the costs.

That’s what has to change.

If Trump says yes again—if he caves again—Netanyahu will be back again. Not because the region is safer. Because the doctrine is endless war and the excuses are always available.

And the American people—who never voted to be the enforcement arm of Netanyahu’s ambitions—are the ones who will pay, in dollars and danger and blowback.

This is the moment to say no.

Not “no” to diplomacy. Not “no” to negotiation. Not “no” to verified international agreements. No to being dragged into another war because Netanyahu wants a new target.

If you want to keep reading work that says that plainly—and backs it with receipts—please stand with us. Please click here to become a member and click here to join as a monthly, annual, or founding member. I keep this work free for the world, but I can only do that if some of you decide to carry it.

Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun

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