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“I don’t think [Iran] had a nuclear weapon. I don’t think it was… coming about imminently,” McRaven, the former head of U.S. Special Operations Command under President Obama, told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.” “But the fact of the matter is we’re not really that much better off now than we were before February 28th,” he continued, referring to the day that the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran. “Yes, we have sunk their navy. Yes, we have destroyed their air force. Yes, we have taken out a lot of their leadership, but I’m not sure we’re a lot better off.” President Trump and administration have justified the war by arguing that the Islamic Republic was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon and was unwilling to curtail its own ballistic missile program. The initial wave of U.S.-Israeli strikes resulted in the deaths of numerous Iranian military and government officials, including the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the deceased ayatollah, succeeded his father as the head of the Islamic Republic.

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[–] CarpalTunnelButt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Too bad most of these military dirt bags are just cucks. Trump and Hegseth fired a dozen or so top brass and none of them come out to the public to fight back. The US military of today is completely different from the US military that fought WW2. Bunch of lapdogs for the powerful.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The US military that fought in WWII proceeded to flatten Korea during the Korean war so they're basically the same breed.