Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown”
As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept.
Decades of hostilities broke out into war during Donald Trump’s second term after Israel and the U.S. launched unprovoked attacks against Iran.
As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept.
The U.S.–Israeli war has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.
A government official accused the Pentagon of “an accounting trick” in its slow tally of Iran war casualties.
Voices
High-profile firings show that none of the Israeli spy agency's promises about the war with Iran have come to pass.
“What crime had my 20-day-old grandchild committed?”
Internal emails indicate immigration agents complied with an Iranian request to hand over specific nationals — and accidentally sent the wrong person to Iran.
Defense Department accounts posted the biblical quote “SEND ME.” The Pentagon won’t say if its proselytizing is a message about the Iran war.
Harkening back to colonial massacres, Trump abandons the premise of proportionality for butchery in Iran and beyond.
U.S. troops killed or wounded since July 7 are now counted separately from casualties during the first months of the Iran war.
As the U.S. runs short of interceptor missiles, Iran is carrying out strikes with a mix of attack drones and advanced ballistic missiles.
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