Another war. Another President. And Rankin would still say, ‘no.’

By: Doug James

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: March 3, 2026

Words: 780

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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Montana knows stubborn. We grow it in the wheat fields. We drive it across icy passes. We send it to Washington and pray it remembers where it came from.

And if Jeannette Rankin were alive today, watching another Middle Eastern war spool across the screen, she would recognize the script. Different desert. Same drumbeat.

Shock. Awe. Retaliation. Escalation.

Rinse. Repeat.

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