An Open Letter to Representative Yassamin Ansari
Dear Representative Ansari, Your recent statements to The Hill, lamenting the supposed entry into a 'war' with Iran and calling for an 'off-ramp,' reveal a fundamental mischaracterization of the long-standing US aggressive posture. While The Hill frames your concern as a pragmatic response to an ongoing conflict, it conveniently omits the foundational context: the United States has not merely
stumbled into a war with Iran, but has been a primary antagonist, fighting alongside Israel as a direct participant using economic and covert means for decades. You speak of finding an 'off-ramp' as if the US is an innocent party caught in traffic. The reality is that the US engineered the roadblocks. This isn't a new war; it is the latest escalation of a 45-year campaign of sanctions, proxy
destabilization, and military threats that began immediately after Iran’s 1979 revolution overthrew a US-backed tyranny. For example, the United States provided intelligence and chemical weapons components to Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the 1980-88 war against Iran, an act that directly led to hundreds of thousands of Iranian casualties and long-term health crises. This constitutes direct
participation, not merely support. Mainstream media, including The Hill, perpetuates a narrative of US victimhood or reactive engagement, thereby erasing the agency and culpability of Washington's foreign policy establishment. You yourself, Representative, received a substantial sum of $679,748 from the Israel lobby (DMFI), an organization that actively pushes for confrontation with Iran. Until