Wait a second...Trump, Hegseth, and various Republican lawmakers have repeatedly said that Iran started a war with the US 47 years ago and that he is going to f

Wait a second...Trump, Hegseth, and various Republican lawmakers have repeatedly said that Iran started a war with the US 47 years ago and that he is going to finish it. Trump also called it a war in his Truth Social video announcing the attacks in February [1]: > My administration is taking every possible step to minimize the risk to U.S. personnel in the region. Even so, and I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties. That often happens in war. But we're doing this not for now. We're doing this for the future. And it is a noble mission. He was still calling it a war 4 days ago in other Truth Social posts, such as [2] [3] [4]: > The people and Media Outlets that keep harping on the fact that we have no ammunition (And they are 100% wrong!), are actually treasonous. They do it because they would rather see the United States LOSE a War that we’re easily WINNING, than see me WIN! [...] > For the treasonous SCUM that refuses to accurately report on our Military Operation in Iran, we have virtually unlimited amounts of Mid to High Grade Ammunition, far more than we could ever use for this, or for any other War. [...] To be fair, there were also times he did not call it a war. For example from March [5]: > “I won’t use the word ‘war’ because they say if you use the word ‘war,’ that’s maybe not a good thing to do,” Trump told the crowd of GOP lawmakers at Union Station in Washington, D.C. “They don’t like the word ‘war’ because you’re supposed to get approval. So, I’ll use the word ‘military operation,’ which is really what it is. It’s a military decimation.” [1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/read-trumps-full-statement-on-iran-attack https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/read-trumps-full-statemen... [2] https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-lens/6071924-iran-war-weapons-strain/ https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-lens/6071924-iran-war-w... [3] https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117207687594983323 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1172076875949... [4] https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117207685733693672 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1172076857336... [5] https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5801382-trump-iran-war-congressional-approval/ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5801382-trump-ir...