Demonstrations started yesterday, Saturday, in Washington, New York, and other American cities, to reject any war with Iran and to demand the departure of American forces from the Middle East, in the wake of the American operation in which the Quds Force Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Qassem Soleimani was killed.
In front of the White House, about two hundred people gathered at the invitation of leftist organizations, and they called for the "immediate withdrawal of American forces from Iraq" and the rejection of the war on Iran and the sanctions imposed on it, and the leftist organizations had called for demonstrations in about 70 American cities.
On New York's Times Square, demonstrators held a march with banners calling for no war in Iran and the withdrawal of American soldiers from Iraq. One of the signs read, "War is not a strategy to win a new presidential term."
And Saturday, demonstrations were held in front of Trump Tower in Chicago and Los Angeles, to condemn the air attack that President Donald Trump ordered in Iraq that led to the killing of Soleimani and Trump's decision to send about three thousand additional soldiers to the Middle East.
Trump had ordered the strike in which Soleimani and Deputy Chairman of the Popular Mobilization in Iraq, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, were killed Friday, and the international community feared an explosion in the Middle East after escalating positions, threats and revenge calls.
Polls show Americans generally object to military interventions abroad, and a survey conducted by the Chicago Council of World Affairs last year showed that 27 percent of Americans believe that military interventions make the United States safer, while about 50 percent of those surveyed say it makes the country Less safe.