US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

the U.S. government, particularly during the Vietnam War, faced scrutiny for its handling of casualty reporting, with accusations that officials sometimes misrepresented or managed the public release of numbers to maintain support for the conflict. 

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• Management of Information: The U.S. Army and government officials often sought to manage the narrative, including the reporting of noncombatant deaths, leading to discrepancies in casualties like those in the Mỹ Lai massacre.
• Official Estimates vs. Reality: For years, the public was presented with official estimates, but the final, accurate numbers—such as the roughly 58,000 American troop deaths—were only fully known years after the war concluded.

I'm attaching a link to a comment I made on the 30th March.

Where I made a mental bit of speculation that was a couple of days later, revealed to be fairly close to the HEU raid plan.
Now the reason I'm sharing the link and the quote in particular is because part of the post in question highlighted how important "audacity" is to the MAGA mindset.
It's genuinely not an "I told ye so".

We are dealing with a "Department of War" led by a demonstrated moron who believes in the audacious.

We are dealing with a POTUS who has that love of audacity dialled to the Nth degree.

Just in the part of the presser I watched, Trump, CIA Director and Hegseth.
Audacity and audacious were mentioned multiple times.
To drive home the genius bravery of the rescue of the WSO.

This is genuinely a war led by toddlers, who's need for acknowledgement and recognition is a lever that is all too easily exploitable and god forbid for the sake of any troops commited to action, predictable.

OK, so the regime which runs the US doesn't want a free press. We're agreed.

That isn't a democratic regime.

The 19th Casevac flight to Andrews landed 2 days ago.

Those are for more severely injured personnel whose treatment requires more sustained care than available in Landstuhl and Rammstein.
The C17 in Casevac role usually carries 40 stretchers, but can easily carry double.
But, let's just assume 19 Casevac flights at 40 per flight.
That's 760 wounded back to the US, before any other injuries are considered.

Yet the current officially published totals are 365 wounded and 13 KIA.

Does that mean that the only wounded being counted by Centcom are those who've been returned to the US?

Now it's important to note that Hegseth has previously confirmed that many of the wounded have already returned to service.
He hasn't offered anything in terms of numbers.
There's also going to be numerous wounded who were treated in GCC hospitals and then fit to return to their units.
With the more seriously injured triaged and sent on to Germany, where again more seriously wounded are sent on to US.

The number of Casevac flights via C17, means that the current Centcom wounded figure is teetering on the edge of being ridiculous.
It doesn't stand anything more than passing scrutiny.

Anyone expecting Trump to drop the big one on Iran this week?

This is all true (comparing conduct of Ireland's democratic government's and the Iranian regime over last few decades) but as per Goring, "the common people don't want war…" quote, unscrupulous leaders and their propaganadists can always choose a target for hatred, drum up a case for war and drive a nation towards it.

Pre + during WW2 being some good and peaceful global citizen never actually saved a country or a people from being dominated or destroyed and we are now heading back to those days on a rocket sled, thanks in great part to your "man", Donald Trump and MAGA.

Regardless of Iran's behaviour (which has also been subject to tit for tat responses by the US over those decades) the US and Israel started this war, and chose this time to kill all their leaders and start bombing. They are the ones who have been taking it up the escalation spiral over last few years IMO. They set this in motion. There is no justification for the threats he (and Netanyahu) are making now either.

Anyway, to repeat let's hope it all stays fine for you (in a geopolitical sense) in whatever country you live in, especially so if you are here in Ireland with me (speaking totally self interestedly!).