02/28/2026
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Houston, TX, February 28, 2026 โ The Libertarian Party is calling for immediate cessation of the unconstitutional U.S. / Israel joint military operations in Iran, initiated February 28th, under โOperation Epic Fury.โ President Donald Trump has explicitly stated that the operation is intended to instill regime change in Iran.
Congress has been derelict in its duty to protect its status as arbiter of War Powers, repetitively refusing to constrain Presidential privilege to attack sovereign nations without congressional consent. This latest attack is the most recent abuse of the Authorization to Use Military Force, initiated under the Patriot Act, which has been used as a catch-all for military adventurism.
โThis act of war was once again carried out without Congressional War Authorization, for no discernible benefit to the American people. It is the culmination of years of agitation by the same cast of deranged โalliesโ and entrenched warhawks, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Benjamin Netanyahu, and others, who have been pushing for greater war with Iran for decades. We have seen this script before. We know how it ends,โ said Libertarian National Committee Chair Steven Nekhaila.
Nekhaila continues, โWhat is clear is that the actions taken today have no meaningful constituency among the American people. They will destabilize the region further. They will make Americans poorer through inflation, deficit spending, and energy shocks. They will enrich the military-industrial complex. And they risk not only a protracted greater war in the Middle East, but the ignition of a far more dangerous global powder keg.โ
The same justifications for Operation Epic Fury are being recycled from the post-9/11 playbook: weapons of mass destruction, humanitarian necessity, vague intelligence briefings, and a theatrical appeal to nationalism.
The Libertarian Party calls upon Congress to do its job, to represent the American people and defend our constitutional order. War powers do not belong to the Executive. They do not belong to foreign governments. They belong to the representatives of the American people.
The Libertarian Party calls for an immediate halt to further escalation, a return to non-interventionist foreign policy, a return to the constitutional rule of law, and an end to wars waged at the behest of foreign powers and the neoconservative establishment in Washington.
Media Contact:
Brian McWilliams
Communications Director, Libertarian National Committee
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