We Called Out the Pentagon for Undercounting U.S. Casualties in Iran. They Keep Doing It.
After we exposed what one source called a “casualty cover-up,” the Pentagon offered another lowball count.
Decades of hostilities broke out into war during Donald Trump’s second term after Israel and the U.S. launched unprovoked attacks against Iran.
After we exposed what one source called a “casualty cover-up,” the Pentagon offered another lowball count.
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Survival of the regime alone was a victory — but its demonstration of control over the Strait of Hormuz may be a strategic game-changer.
Netanyahu and Trump have invoked the Woman, Life, Freedom movement to justify war. Politicians like Rep. Yassamin Ansari rejected the idea.
“What President Trump is describing as the destruction of ‘a whole civilization’ would be a war crime, plain and simple.”
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Everyone reported the exact same story at the exact same time — and they all relied on the same liars who got us into this mess.
“We are unstoppable as a military force,” Trump boasted before Iran shot down one U.S. plane and another crashed near the Strait of Hormuz.
At the start of the U.S.–Israel war, Iranian Americans were split. Now a NIAC poll found that two-thirds want to see it end.
The Pentagon has sent outdated statements on the number of U.S. troops killed or wounded during the Iran war, resulting in undercounts.
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The destruction of parts of two universities in Iran fits with Israel’s M.O. of crippling countries’ ability to rebuild.
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Short of a full-scale invasion, it looks like Trump will need to deal with the Iranian regime.
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