Two senior U.S. officials tell NBC News that military commanders are allowing some Iranian missiles and attack drones to get through air defenses amid an effort to preserve the Pentagon’s shrinking supply of missiles to shoot them down. NBC News’ Courtney Kube reports.
  • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 month ago

    I could see Trump and Hegseth letting more service members die to stoke public outrage against Iran in the runup to midterms. It won’t work, mind you, but I could see them doing it.

    • Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz
      13·
      1 month ago

      Independents are more likely to see the deaths as Trumps fault. The legacy of the Iraq war runs deep, Americans do not want to have troops in the middle east.