Fallen Soldiers Return Home

Trump attends the dignified transfer of four service members as strikes enter a twelfth night.

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US carrying out new wave of Iran strikes as military attacks Islamic Republic for 12th straight night

Trump salutes 'great heroes' as he attends dignified transfer of US service members killed in Jordan, Iraq

Trump appears to downplay Iran war deaths in social posts comparing them to previous conflicts

Summary

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President Donald Trump attended Wednesday’s dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base for four U.S. service members killed in Iranian attacks in Jordan and Iraq: Tyler James Feehan, Isabella Gonzales, Angel S. Rampersad and Michael Emmanuel Swinton. U.S. Central Command announced a 12th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, aimed at threats to commercial shipping. Trump threatened to bomb Iranian bridges or power plants for attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz; Tehran warned no infrastructure would be safe unless its security was ensured.

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What the analysis & opinion pieces argue

War-crime threats

Trump’s threats of disproportionate retaliation and strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure would violate international law. Threatening such attacks amounts to threatening war crimes and makes diplomacy with Iran even harder.

Casualty minimization

Trump has responded to dead U.S. service members with callousness, self-praise, confusion, and political spin. He is minimizing troop deaths and exploiting fallen soldiers to defend a war that is killing Americans.

War secrecy

The Trump administration and Pentagon have hidden or distorted the reality of the renewed war with Iran. Americans deserve a truthful public accounting of the conflict, including U.S. casualties from Iranian strikes.

Escalating quagmire

The war with Iran is spiraling into a broader and costlier crisis with little evidence that escalation will achieve U.S. goals. Iran still has the ability to strike back, diplomacy is receding, and the conflict is imposing mounting military, financial, and strategic costs.