When the question is �Is the United States currently at war?� and the answer is �It depends on whom you ask,� there�s a problem.
When the question is, “Is the United States currently at war?†and the answer is, “It depends on whom you ask,†there’s a problem.
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— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-03T19:28:30.429Z
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-cant-even-agree-on-whether-the-war-in-iran-is-an-actual-war
The list of questions surrounding Donald Trump�s military offensive in Iran is not short. At this point, neither the president nor anyone on his team has explained in a coherent way why the administration launched this offensive, what its objectives are, what the plan is to achieve those goals, whether the war is legal, how much it�s expected to cost or how long it�s expected to last.
But hanging overhead is a different kind of question: Is the United States currently at war?.....
On Monday morning, however, Defense Secretary Pete
Hegseth suggested more than once during a briefing that the U.S. is currently engaged in a war. (But then, he would say that, having taken the trouble to rebrand his whole department as the �Department of War.�) A few hours later, however, Mullin appeared on CNN and insisted, �
This isn�t a war.�
A day later, NOTUS reported,
�In the talking-points memo that the White House reportedly sent to Hill Republicans, the suggested boilerplate response to the straightforward question, �Is the U.S. at war with Iran?� notably does not answer the question.�
White House talking points for congressional Republicans say we're not at war, we're just in "major combat operations against Iran" lol
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) 2026-03-02T23:57:38.969Z
When the question is
�Is the United States currently at war?� and the answer is �It depends on whom you ask,� there�s a problem.
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