{"id":30570,"date":"2026-03-05T19:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/?p=30570"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:40:56","slug":"the-next-war-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/the-next-war-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next War Has Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of the same actors who pushed us into the decades long wars of Iraq and Afghanistan are salivating over the operations in Iran. They somehow claim this time will be different.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Initially this was made before the USA had dropped bombs on Iran, marking the start of the war. Obviously I had to make some adjustments to the text, and added Trump to highlight that it was ultimately his decision to launch the USA into this war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many of the same actors who pushed us into the decades long wars of Iraq and Afghanistan are salivating over the operations in Iran. They somehow claim this time will be different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1857],"tags":[662,10818,202,10819,515,493,224],"content-type":[3494],"coauthors":[158],"class_list":["post-30570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comic","tag-afghanistan","tag-comic","tag-donald-trump","tag-graphic-novel","tag-iran","tag-iraq","tag-war","content-type-comic"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Next War Has Begun<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many of the same actors who pushed us into the decades long wars of Iraq and Afghanistan are salivating over the operations in Iran. They somehow claim this time will be different.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Next War Has Begun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many of the same actors who pushed us into the decades long wars of Iraq and Afghanistan are salivating over the operations in Iran. They somehow claim this time will be different.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free the People\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freethepeople\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-06T00:00:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-19T16:40:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d6bab0b6-d217-4796-a5f1-6e503da66763_1200x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Battaglia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/x.com\/mattjbatt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@freethepeople\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt Battaglia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\\\/p\\\/the-next-war-has-begun#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/the-next-war-has-begun\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matt Battaglia\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/64f57efa4aec4d4057f1029d38601950\"},\"headline\":\"The Next War Has Begun\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-06T00:00:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T16:40:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/the-next-war-has-begun\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":83,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\\\/p\\\/the-next-war-has-begun#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/d6bab0b6-d217-4796-a5f1-6e503da66763_1200x630.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"afghanistan\",\"comic\",\"donald trump\",\"graphic novel\",\"iran\",\"iraq\",\"war\"],\"articleSection\":[\"comic\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\\\/p\\\/the-next-war-has-begun#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/the-next-war-has-begun\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\\\/p\\\/the-next-war-has-begun\",\"name\":\"The Next War Has Begun\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\\\/p\\\/the-next-war-has-begun#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\\\/p\\\/the-next-war-has-begun#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/d6bab0b6-d217-4796-a5f1-6e503da66763_1200x630.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-06T00:00:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T16:40:56+00:00\",\"description\":\"Many of the same actors who pushed us into the decades long wars of Iraq and Afghanistan are salivating over the operations in Iran. They somehow claim this time will be different.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\\\/p\\\/the-next-war-has-begun#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\\\/p\\\/the-next-war-has-begun\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\\\/p\\\/the-next-war-has-begun#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/d6bab0b6-d217-4796-a5f1-6e503da66763_1200x630.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/d6bab0b6-d217-4796-a5f1-6e503da66763_1200x630.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\\\/p\\\/the-next-war-has-begun#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Next War Has Begun\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free the People\",\"description\":\"Free thinkers, unite.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free the People\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Free the People\",\"alternateName\":\"Free the People\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/282873789_318682847093508_129724565035754006_n-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/282873789_318682847093508_129724565035754006_n-2.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Free the People\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/freethepeople\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/freethepeople\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/freethepeople\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/free-the-people\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/freethepeople\",\"https:\\\/\\\/rumble.com\\\/c\\\/c-1372972\",\"https:\\\/\\\/odysee.com\\\/@freethepeople:a61\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/64f57efa4aec4d4057f1029d38601950\",\"name\":\"Matt Battaglia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/Matt-Battaglia-3-96x96.jpgb11078e0f4f3488afa789c1864f60a4c\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/Matt-Battaglia-3-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/Matt-Battaglia-3-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Matt Battaglia\"},\"description\":\"Matt Battaglia is the Executive Producer at Free the People. Matt has been working in creative fields for over a decade. He has worked in politics, advertising, comics, and news media. Some of the films and series he has produced at Free the People are Off the Grid with Thomas Massie, All We Have, How to Love Your Enemy, and The Constitution Line by Line with Senator Mike Lee. Matt does all of the artwork and the bulk of the graphics for Free the People\u2019s videos. Matt also draws comics. A sampling of his work can be found in Free the People's Fight the Power: Comics Magazine and his latest book, Ghosts of the Carousel.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/mattjbatt\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/mattjbatt\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freethepeople.org\\\/author\\\/mattbatt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Next War Has Begun","description":"Many of the same actors who pushed us into the decades long wars of Iraq and Afghanistan are salivating over the operations in Iran. They somehow claim this time will be different.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Next War Has Begun","og_description":"Many of the same actors who pushed us into the decades long wars of Iraq and Afghanistan are salivating over the operations in Iran. They somehow claim this time will be different.","og_url":"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun","og_site_name":"Free the People","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freethepeople","article_published_time":"2026-03-06T00:00:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-19T16:40:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d6bab0b6-d217-4796-a5f1-6e503da66763_1200x630.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matt Battaglia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/x.com\/mattjbatt","twitter_site":"@freethepeople","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matt Battaglia","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/the-next-war-has-begun\/"},"author":{"name":"Matt Battaglia","@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/#\/schema\/person\/64f57efa4aec4d4057f1029d38601950"},"headline":"The Next War Has Begun","datePublished":"2026-03-06T00:00:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-19T16:40:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/the-next-war-has-begun\/"},"wordCount":83,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d6bab0b6-d217-4796-a5f1-6e503da66763_1200x630.jpg","keywords":["afghanistan","comic","donald trump","graphic novel","iran","iraq","war"],"articleSection":["comic"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/the-next-war-has-begun\/","url":"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun","name":"The Next War Has Begun","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d6bab0b6-d217-4796-a5f1-6e503da66763_1200x630.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-06T00:00:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-19T16:40:56+00:00","description":"Many of the same actors who pushed us into the decades long wars of Iraq and Afghanistan are salivating over the operations in Iran. They somehow claim this time will be different.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d6bab0b6-d217-4796-a5f1-6e503da66763_1200x630.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d6bab0b6-d217-4796-a5f1-6e503da66763_1200x630.jpg","width":1600,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/freethepeoplefoundation.substack.com\/p\/the-next-war-has-begun#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next War Has Begun"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/","name":"Free the People","description":"Free thinkers, unite.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free the People","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/#organization","name":"Free the People","alternateName":"Free the People","url":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/282873789_318682847093508_129724565035754006_n-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/282873789_318682847093508_129724565035754006_n-2.jpg","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"Free the People"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freethepeople","https:\/\/x.com\/freethepeople","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/freethepeople","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/free-the-people","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/freethepeople","https:\/\/rumble.com\/c\/c-1372972","https:\/\/odysee.com\/@freethepeople:a61"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/#\/schema\/person\/64f57efa4aec4d4057f1029d38601950","name":"Matt Battaglia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Matt-Battaglia-3-96x96.jpgb11078e0f4f3488afa789c1864f60a4c","url":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Matt-Battaglia-3-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Matt-Battaglia-3-96x96.jpg","caption":"Matt Battaglia"},"description":"Matt Battaglia is the Executive Producer at Free the People. Matt has been working in creative fields for over a decade. He has worked in politics, advertising, comics, and news media. Some of the films and series he has produced at Free the People are Off the Grid with Thomas Massie, All We Have, How to Love Your Enemy, and The Constitution Line by Line with Senator Mike Lee. Matt does all of the artwork and the bulk of the graphics for Free the People\u2019s videos. Matt also draws comics. A sampling of his work can be found in Free the People's Fight the Power: Comics Magazine and his latest book, Ghosts of the Carousel.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mattjbatt","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/mattjbatt"],"url":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/author\/mattbatt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30570"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=30570"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=30570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}