Nicholas Gluba
Gluba, a Marine veteran of Iraq, opposes U.S. backing of foreign wars in blanket terms: "The United States has people here who need money that need the United States to be backing them and not backing foreign wars." Radio Iowa reported him tired of U.S. involvement in Ukraine and Israel.
Gluba is the Libertarian nominee for governor, a Marine Corps veteran who deployed to Iraq and a former Lone Tree city councilman who ran for U.S. House in 2024.
His foreign-policy position is blanket and he gives it as blanket: in July 2024 he said "I don't want my children and my constituents' children to have to fight in another war because I saw that first hand," and that the United States should be "backing" its own people "and not backing foreign wars." Those are his verified words, and they name no country. The connection to this conflict is Radio Iowa's framing, which reported that he says Iowans are tired of U.S. involvement in Ukraine and Israel. In August 2024 he described his approach as "armed neutrality".
He has said nothing located about aid to Palestinians, the conflict itself, or antisemitism. If you want to know whether his opposition to foreign wars extends specifically to U.S. weapons for the government of Israel or aid to Palestinians, you are better placed to ask than we are: ask Gluba directly and send us the reply.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- [Position, 2024-07-04] Radio Iowa coverage of his House campaign, read and verified: his verbatim words are "I don't want my children and my constituents' children to have to fight in another war because I saw that first hand" and "The United States has people here who need money that need the United States to be backing them and not backing foreign wars." The Israel and Ukraine specifics are the reporter's paraphrase ("says Iowans are tired of U.S. involvement in Ukraine and Israel"), not his quoted words; the card attributes them to the outlet (Radio Iowa).
- [Position, 2024-08-02] Advocated "armed neutrality" to keep the U.S. out of foreign military interventions (Bleeding Heartland).
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located.
Characterization of the conflict
- Nothing located; his foreign-affairs comments are non-interventionist and general.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- Nothing located.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- Nothing located.
Race context
- Libertarian nominee for governor 2026 (Times-Republican, LP.org profile, Wikipedia).
Also in this race: Zach Lahn (Republican), Rob Sand (Democrat) · All Iowa candidates.
See the full record →But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. Every claim on this page goes through at least two verification steps. Open the interactive card for votes, funding and contact details.