America Goes to War with Iran
By The Central Call News Desk
United States and Israel Attack
In the early hours of February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a massive joint military assault on Iran — a strike campaign that has already killed at least 133 Iranian civilians, toppled the country’s supreme leader, and sent shockwaves around the world. The operation, dubbed Operation Epic Fury by the Pentagon, marks the most significant U.S. military action in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The buildup to the strikes was months in the making. As far back as January 13, President Trump publicly encouraged Iranian citizens to overthrow their government, saying ‘help is on its way.’ On January 23, Trump announced a military ‘armada’ was heading to the Middle East. By February 19, the U.S. military buildup in the region was described as the largest since the Iraq War. When Trump addressed Congress on February 24 in his State of the Union, he accused Iran of reviving a nuclear weapons program, calling the country ‘the world’s number one sponsor of terror.’
The strikes themselves were devastating. Targets included military commanders, government ministries, missile sites, and — in a move unprecedented in modern warfare — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in the attack. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called the killing a ‘declaration of open war on Muslims.’ In response, Iran has launched retaliatory strikes that have hit airports in Dubai, Kuwait City, and other Gulf cities — disrupting global oil supply chains and sending crude prices soaring by 13% in a single day.
War spending — now surging — historically crowds out federal investment in education, housing, health care, and the social programs Black communities depend on most. The Pentagon’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ had already given ICE $45 billion; a sustained war with Iran will demand tens of billions more.
Congress was briefed through the ‘Gang of Eight’ — a small group of senior lawmakers — but there was no full congressional vote authorizing the war, raising serious constitutional questions. Democrats and civil liberties groups are demanding answers. Anti-war protests are spreading globally, including in Karachi, Pakistan, where at least nine demonstrators were killed storming a U.S. consulate.
Trump has declared that strikes will continue ‘until all objectives are achieved.’ What those objectives are — beyond regime change — remains unclear. For a nation already stretched thin by economic pressures, inflation, and inequality, this is a war that demands scrutiny, accountability, and the loudest possible voices from the communities who will pay its price.
