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artemisia1

(1,769 posts)
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 10:34 PM Saturday

What are the true casualties of the Iran War to date? I believe the Trump Admin. is withholding information on

casualties to avoid pressure from the public and Congress to end the conflict. Do you agree that this is possible or likely?

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Aussie105

(7,820 posts)
2. Don't expect the current administration to tell you anything that might work against them.
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 10:38 PM
Saturday

Same for deaths of American servicemen over there.
Trump: 'So sad, too bad!'

Same for the brainwashed MSM.

Look for news sources outside America, like BBC (UK), Al Jazeera, etc.

They all have websites and do streaming over the internet.

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Captain Zero

(8,860 posts)
6. I just saw a thousand at least. And....
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 10:44 PM
Saturday

that Tel Aviv looks like Gaza now.

And that a missile has now hit Jerusalem.
The video I saw showed a butt load coming in and one got through.

artemisia1

(1,769 posts)
11. It has sustained some very real and serious damage, but I think comparing it to Gaza -- at this time -- is premature.
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 11:06 PM
Saturday

Aussie105

(7,820 posts)
7. I'm just waiting for American/Israeli forces to run out of expensive anti-drone weaponry.
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 10:46 PM
Saturday

Number of $1M surface to air missiles to knock down one cheap drone?

Does not compute!

RoseTrellis

(154 posts)
10. AI and bots
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 11:04 PM
Saturday

AI and Bots make having any clue what is real anymore almost impossible.
Throw in some recycled footage from previous conflicts and it seems almost unrealistic for a typical user to sort out the truth from fiction.
Here's where confirmation bias starts in - it's human nature to tend to believe the propaganda that aligns with your preexisting belief.
Someone gonna be in for a rude awakening when this is all over.

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Prairie Gates

(7,879 posts)
13. Tehran's claim to have captured US personnel seems like a bluff
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 11:25 PM
Saturday

They know that the US is not reporting their casualties, and likely know some are unaccounted for, is my guess. Tehran said something very odd: the US is reporting some of the captured as KIA.

But the US has only officially reported 6 KIA, all from the Kuwait strike.

I suppose we can just chalk it up to "There go the Iranians with their lies again," which is the official CENTCOM response, but that doesn't really explain the specificity and content of the supposed lie. I do think that if the Iranians had POWs hey would be parading them on television, but the whole "We have prisoners, but the US is reporting them as KIA" is somewhat more strange than that.

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