A shekara ta 2011, Grijalva da wakilai Barbara Lee, Mike Honda, da Lynn Woolsey sun soki Obama saboda rashin neman izinin majalisa don
shiga tsakani a Libya, kuma ya kasance daya daga cikin 'yan Democrat 70 da suka kada kuri'ar dakatar da yakin Libya. A shekarar 2013, ya yi adawa da shiga tsakani a Siriya.