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π¨ While Trump was watching two-minute highlight reels of explosions and declaring victory β 13 American military bases were being rendered nearly uninhabitable by Iranian missile and drone strikes. Troops were evacuated to hotels. The CIA station in Riyadh had its roof collapse. And the president was getting briefed by action movie clips. This is the most dangerous information gap in modern American military history.
ποΈ WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING TO US BASES:
β 13 U.S. military installations across the Middle East have been rendered almost uninhabitable β forcing thousands of troops into temporary shelters, hotels and offices while air operations continue from whatever infrastructure remains functional
β At least 17 damaged U.S. military, diplomatic, and air-defense sites have been identified across the region β meaning nearly half of the entire fixed U.S. military footprint in the theatre has suffered direct impact
β The U.S. has lost nearly $2 billion worth of military equipment β including a $1.1 billion early warning radar at Al-Udeid and three F-15E Strike Eagles shot down in a friendly fire incident by Kuwaiti air defenses
β The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh was struck by two drones β with the CIA station inside the compound taking a direct hit, part of the roof collapsing and the interior filling with smoke
β Bahrain air defenses have intercepted 115 ballistic missiles and 191 drones since the war began β while a 29-year-old Bahraini woman and an Asian worker were killed by falling debris
from intercepted missiles
β The relocation of personnel to hotels and civilian offices has raised new concerns about the U.S. potentially using civilians as human shields β Iran has already struck a hotel in Bahrain wounding two Pentagon employees
β 13 U.S. service members confirmed killed. 140 wounded. And counting.
πΊ MEANWHILE β WHAT TRUMP IS BEING TOLD:
β Trump receives a daily two-minute video report of successful U.S. strikes on Iran β mainly
explosions and victories β raising serious concerns that he is not getting a full picture
of the war including its failures
β Trump openly admitted at a Republican fundraising dinner: "I won't use the word 'war' because they say if you use the word 'war' that's maybe not a good thing to do. They don't like the word 'war' because you are supposed to get approval. So I will use the word 'military operation.'"
β Republican House Armed Services Committee chair Mike Rogers said after a classified briefing:
"We want to know more about what's going on, what the options are, and why they're being
considered. We're just not getting enough on those questions."
β Trump has declared victory. Multiple times.
β The bases are still uninhabitable.
π€ THE INFORMATION GAP THAT SHOULD TERRIFY YOU:
The President of the United States is making life-and-death decisions about an active war
based on a two-minute daily highlight reel of explosions and victories.
No failures. No base damage. No casualty context.
No strategic assessment.
Just boom boom videos.
Meanwhile his own Republican allies on the Armed Services Committee are openly saying the Pentagon isn't giving Congress sufficient information about the war's aims β and Trump is simultaneously admitting he's calling it a "military operation" specifically to avoid the constitutional requirement to get Congressional approval for a war.
The troops in the hotels know the truth.
The president watching the highlight reel does not.
π Is this the most dangerous information gap
in American military history? Drop your
take in the comments.
By Drill Sgt Dougπ¨ While Trump was watching two-minute highlight reels of explosions and declaring victory β 13 American military bases were being rendered nearly uninhabitable by Iranian missile and drone strikes. Troops were evacuated to hotels. The CIA station in Riyadh had its roof collapse. And the president was getting briefed by action movie clips. This is the most dangerous information gap in modern American military history.
ποΈ WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING TO US BASES:
β 13 U.S. military installations across the Middle East have been rendered almost uninhabitable β forcing thousands of troops into temporary shelters, hotels and offices while air operations continue from whatever infrastructure remains functional
β At least 17 damaged U.S. military, diplomatic, and air-defense sites have been identified across the region β meaning nearly half of the entire fixed U.S. military footprint in the theatre has suffered direct impact
β The U.S. has lost nearly $2 billion worth of military equipment β including a $1.1 billion early warning radar at Al-Udeid and three F-15E Strike Eagles shot down in a friendly fire incident by Kuwaiti air defenses
β The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh was struck by two drones β with the CIA station inside the compound taking a direct hit, part of the roof collapsing and the interior filling with smoke
β Bahrain air defenses have intercepted 115 ballistic missiles and 191 drones since the war began β while a 29-year-old Bahraini woman and an Asian worker were killed by falling debris
from intercepted missiles
β The relocation of personnel to hotels and civilian offices has raised new concerns about the U.S. potentially using civilians as human shields β Iran has already struck a hotel in Bahrain wounding two Pentagon employees
β 13 U.S. service members confirmed killed. 140 wounded. And counting.
πΊ MEANWHILE β WHAT TRUMP IS BEING TOLD:
β Trump receives a daily two-minute video report of successful U.S. strikes on Iran β mainly
explosions and victories β raising serious concerns that he is not getting a full picture
of the war including its failures
β Trump openly admitted at a Republican fundraising dinner: "I won't use the word 'war' because they say if you use the word 'war' that's maybe not a good thing to do. They don't like the word 'war' because you are supposed to get approval. So I will use the word 'military operation.'"
β Republican House Armed Services Committee chair Mike Rogers said after a classified briefing:
"We want to know more about what's going on, what the options are, and why they're being
considered. We're just not getting enough on those questions."
β Trump has declared victory. Multiple times.
β The bases are still uninhabitable.
π€ THE INFORMATION GAP THAT SHOULD TERRIFY YOU:
The President of the United States is making life-and-death decisions about an active war
based on a two-minute daily highlight reel of explosions and victories.
No failures. No base damage. No casualty context.
No strategic assessment.
Just boom boom videos.
Meanwhile his own Republican allies on the Armed Services Committee are openly saying the Pentagon isn't giving Congress sufficient information about the war's aims β and Trump is simultaneously admitting he's calling it a "military operation" specifically to avoid the constitutional requirement to get Congressional approval for a war.
The troops in the hotels know the truth.
The president watching the highlight reel does not.
π Is this the most dangerous information gap
in American military history? Drop your
take in the comments.