We Oppose Illegal, Immoral Wars.

Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) strongly condemns the U.S. and Israeli war in Iran that is bringing obscene and unnecessary death and destruction to its people while injuring and killing U.S. service members. All of our loved ones signed up to protect country and Constitution, not to be used as pawns in illegal, immoral wars of choice and aggression. 

Many of us remember with indescribable grief the days our loved ones were deployed to another war of choice and aggression in Iraq, only to have them return with devastating physical, invisible and moral injuries; or in flag-draped coffins. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children, women and men were killed and many more injured in that immoral conflict. 

Now a new generation of military families suffers from the deployments of their loved ones to a war that should never have started. Billions of dollars that are so needed for healthcare, education and jobs are being expended each day on war crimes – the bombing of a girls’ school and targets that bring torrents of black, acid rain down upon the people of Iran. The war has destabilized the entire region, with a growing death toll in Lebanon and other countries.

Once again there was no Congressional Declaration of War as required by Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Soon Congress will be asked to vote on funding for this abomination, being told that funds are required to support our troops. Military Families Speak Out needs Congress to understand deeply that funding an illegal and immoral war is not supporting our troops, it is killing them. Members of Congress must know in no uncertain terms that any vote supporting funds to continue the war on Iran will make them complicit in this most horrendous military misadventure.

End the war on Iran, bring our troops home NOW, and do not re-deploy them to the Caribbean, Venezuela, Cuba or our cities! 

Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) is a national organization of post 9-11 military families founded in 2002, speaking out to prevent and end forever wars in the Middle East. MFSO welcomes the voices of military and Gold Star  families speaking out against the misuse and abuse of service members in today’s military misadventures, including deploying the military to U.S. cities and towns, Venezuela, Cuba and Iran.

Again, we are in a very precarious position in the Middle East.

MFSO believes that every effort should be made to resolve this issue with no military intervention.  We need to bring all our troops home and utilize diplomacy to solve any conflicts with Iran.  We strongly oppose the presence of our military troops in the area, which only serves to increase tension   If Iraq wants the U.S. to leave their country, we should honor that request.

It is clear, with the release of the Afghanistan Papers last month, that our government has no truth, accountability, or strategy in conflict zones. We perpetuate violence, confusion and chaos.

Our presence in Iraq only deepens the suffering of the ordinary citizens and do nothing to make peace with those governments. 

We call upon President Trump and Congress to deflate this aggressive posturing and bring our troops home now.

POSITION STATEMENT ON WAR WITH IRAN, September 2019

Military Families Speak Out is opposed to the recent decision made
by the President to send troops to Saudi Arabia. There is no need to
sacrifice the lives of our loved ones in the US military over a regional
conflict between the nations of Saudi Arabia and Iran. The US should
be joining the international effort to find diplomatic solutions instead, to prevent another disastrous war in the Middle East.