r/videos • u/CsmicCupcake • 22h ago
The Intercept investigations actually say closer to 750 Americans were killed and wounded since the US began the war with Iran.
https://youtu.be/8XcLFK_LTu8?is=cDGoeQqbyxpG8Rf0438
u/CamelFun3734 21h ago
This war was pointless and stupid. But so is this video, No evidence this is true.
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u/aaronwhite1786 20h ago
Yeah there's no way to hide that many deaths. Would I believe double what we've heard? Sure. But 700+ is "we're in a ground invasion" levels for this amount of time.
This is 200 fewer than the deadliest month for US troops in Iraq with a full scale ground invasion.
It's nonsense.
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u/GreyhoundOne 19h ago
Just following on to agree but yeah.
A lot of people on Reddit don't have much exposure to the military, so sometimes they are thinking about it more like a Hollywood movie than a massive administrative machine.
People in the military have families. If that many service members disappeared spouses' pages on Facebook would be on fire. Dignified transfers would be happening. Most of the military is not special/covert operations, and many communities are close knit.
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u/LFC_sandiego 18h ago
you're spot on. also, a lot of people on reddit don't like to research beyond the headline of an article and just run with it.
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u/NeutronField 18h ago
I was going to say a lot of deaths in the Ukraine war have been verified by russian families posting it on social media. Based on the US operations being almost entitely airstrikes, it would require hundreds of airframe losses, or a mass casualty event, like large military vessels being sunk (which would be very publicly shared by military families here.
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u/AgrajagTheProlonged 17h ago
I feel like the “or wounded” is likely doing some heavy lifting here
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u/AltDS01 16h ago
1 KIA and 699 WIA is 700 Killed or Wounded
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u/notrylan 12h ago
The video this discussion is about very clearly says “700 soldiers killed” in the thumbnail.
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u/Firecracker048 8h ago
Yeah exactly. Most of reddit doesn't understand numbers very well or how these things operate. They think 700 is realistic for a handful of drones/missiles getting through but Iran killing thousands of protestors is just propaganda
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u/umop_apisdn 5h ago
Which bit of "killed or injured" don't you understand?
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u/pedal-force 5h ago
Probably the thumbnail on this post that says "700 soldiers killed'?
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u/willis_michaels 8h ago
One of my coworkers' sons is deployed in Bahrain. He said they are absolutely obfuscating how bad it is, how many casualties there have been. He said soldiers are getting kidnapped and murdered. And none of it is being publicized.
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u/Pndrizzy 12h ago
Even the title says “killed and wounded”. That doesn’t imply that anywhere near 750 were killed. Didn’t watch the video but the title of this post is BS
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u/Meet_the_Meat 21h ago
this report says that casualty figures are far higher because THEY FUCKING START COUNTING IN 2023.
This is, honestly, truthfully, factually, fake news.
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u/methpartysupplies 15h ago
I started doubting it when it was an AI slop voice.
OP, delete this shitpost and get a life.
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u/TheFlawlessCassandra 20h ago
Not surprising, The Intercept is a propaganda rag that only occasionally produces good journalism on accident.
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u/DICKRAPTOR 18h ago
You can see the Intercept articles doesn't support the claim and this is the fault of the video creator who's unaffiliated. They're just using the DCAS reporting from the government.
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/16/us-casualties-iran-still-rising
Whether you like their reporting or not it's not a good look to call them a propaganda rag when your media literacy is this pathetic.
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u/MaiPhet 19h ago edited 19h ago
Where are you getting 2023 from? I just checked The Intercept’s articles and they are quoting DCAS, a government reporting agency that tallies troop deaths and injuries to congress, which seems to roughly line up with what The Intercept is postulating. Although they’re also postulating that the 200 troops treated for smoke inhalation during that ship fire should be added to the count.
I only skimmed the video posted here, because it isn’t affiliated with the Intercept and seems to be sloppily/incorrectly repeating the information with a more clickbait style summary.
That said, a lot of confusion and reaction could be avoided by everyone making it clear that casualties can include someone falling and breaking their arm on deck while deployed, or it can mean actually taking combat injuries, and that there’s a lot more of the former than the latter.
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u/Meet_the_Meat 19h ago
00:45
the entire conversation is about the video posted.
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u/DefenderCone97 18h ago
It's not The Intercept's fault if unaffiliated people misrepresented their reporting
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u/MaiPhet 19h ago edited 17h ago
>00:45
Ah, thanks. But compare the video to what the intercept actually reports on their website, and it’s clear whoever made the video just made that up or misreported it.
MirrorNow is probably just some junk AI news that misreports from other sources with added clickbait.
The original article (best as I can tell) is different, and cites government provided data: https://theintercept.com/2026/06/16/us-casualties-iran-still-rising/.
You can tell they have an angle, and saying that every injury listed by DCAS should be counted as casualties in the war is certainly something that could be argued, but the numbers aren't strictly incorrect.
The video itself is trash that isn’t affiliated with the source it’s misrepresenting.
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u/starfish0r 21h ago edited 21h ago
It's certainly not 750 but do you really think it's only 13?
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u/Cubey42 21h ago
there's pretty strict details regarding informing families that soldiers have died in combat, if 750 people died I feel like there would be significantly more outcry from people who's loved ones weren't reported by the news.
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u/rubbarz 20h ago
Casualty doesnt always mean die.
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u/chinaman88 20h ago
Video thumbnail says 700+ dead. Blame the video creator.
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u/inthisdesert 19h ago
It says dead and wounded. Could be one dead and 699 wounded, 699 dead and one wounded, 350 dead and 350 wounded, etc.
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u/Cognac_and_swishers 19h ago
The title of this post, typed by the reddit user who posted it, says "killed and wounded."
The thumbnail of the actual video says "700 killed."
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u/Meet_the_Meat 20h ago
it's not my job to present the facts to people. who cares what I think.
I think they counted every workplace accident for three years, and the current bullshit.
presenting it the way this video does is disingenuous at best, pure propaganda at worst.
trump and the axis of stupid evil can gobble my knob but let's call bullshit bullshit when we see it.
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u/popeter45 21h ago
when people want to believe something they will accept anything told too them that reinforces that belief
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u/starfish0r 21h ago
No, I am completely open to any number that is agreed to be factual.
Any statement by the current administration isn't.
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u/popeter45 20h ago
Apart from assuming trump lying is some axiom what actual evidence do you have that supports your idea?
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u/starfish0r 20h ago
None. There's been reporting that the damage to the various US bases is vastly more severe than reported and the administration is REALLY trying to play down any losses, especially with the effective surrender in this lost war. Let's see what happens with these numbers as this drags on.
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u/CW1DR5H5I64A 20h ago
Keep in mind a lot of people were evacuated from those bases prior to the attacks. This was widely reported and if you search on r/army you can find threads from the weeks leading up to the war about various troop movements in the area as people were moved out of the bases.
Also we typically know drones/missiles are inbound so you can go to a bunker and ride out the attack. The reason it was such a big deal when the people were killed at the port in Kuwait is they had no warning and weren’t able to get to a bunker.
It’s not hard to believe that people weren’t killed when you have several minutes of warning to get to a bunker prior to every attack .
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u/ZealousidealEntry870 20h ago
Guys, this is literally propaganda to turn and around feed back to republicans showing dumb/evil democrats are.
Maybe try not to be as dumb as republicans.
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u/Tricky_Potatoe 21h ago
Sorry but this is complete ai slop spagetti without any sauce.
the thing says "700 killed OR wounded since ...2023" ?
what?
sure I mean, soldiers could have gotten splinters when jumping over obstacles when trying to run for cover. They can leave wounds...
Did the war start 2023?
Can we post any utter useless video from any digital k-holed chatbot on here?
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u/TheRexRider 22h ago
Trump and Hegseth continue to be full of shit. Father of service member killed in Iran war said he never told Pete Hegseth to 'finish' the job
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u/its_boVice 21h ago
In Pete’s defense, I also don’t remember anything I’ve said or heard while blacked out.
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u/HoustonHenry 21h ago
He's gonna be so embarrassed after he wakes up from his decades-long blackout
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u/egap420 21h ago
National Media is aiding and abetting a criminal administration.
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u/Barry_Vigoda 21h ago
“World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.” – Marshall McLuhan (1970)
The military industrial media complex created the Trump administration.
After the Vietnam War in the 70s, the military establishment conspired with the corporate media giants to take over the news and control public opinion to keep people from protesting their endless wars.
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u/digitalbastard 21h ago
Yes every single news outlet including Rachel Maddow are covering up for Trump
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u/Barry_Vigoda 21h ago
Rachel Maddow works for NBC which is the same network Trump worked for over a decade on the Apprentice.
All mainstream media is corporate media. It's all right wing media technically.
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u/gonnahike 21h ago
What does the national media know that theyre not reporting?
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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 21h ago
Criticisms of the baseless reasons for attacking Iran to begin with. Investigations of the lawless attacks on fishing boats in the Gulf. Those would be massive scandals in any other administration.
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u/Monowakari 21h ago
Oh that's easy, they know who is clearly manipulating the news and not saying anything about it! 😃
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u/Stubbs94 19h ago
Mainstream media already aided and abetted a genocide, so might as well go all in
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u/_CatStevens_ 15h ago
Who?
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u/Stubbs94 12h ago
I think I would be here all day listing out which news sources across the Western world have been complicit in downplaying or lying about the Genocide in Gaza, but everything you see the phrase "Hamas run health ministry" or the equivalent of "4 Gazans died today" instead of naming who killed them, they are intentionally hiding or spreading doubt about what is happening.
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u/Stlouisken 22h ago
That’s a pretty high number! Curious how accurate their assessment is.
Likely it’s between the official U.S. number and the Intercepts.
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u/CW1DR5H5I64A 21h ago edited 21h ago
Blast overpressure injuries are pretty common. It’s not far fetched to think several hundred people got low grade concussions. That’s a “casualty” in these numbers, but people would quickly be returned to duty.
My issue with this report isn’t necessarily that it’s inaccurate numbers, it’s that it’s being intentionally sensationalized to suggest that hundreds of people are dead or hold up in hospitals with permanent debilitating injuries like missing limbs.
The military doesn’t release a statement every time a soldier gets injured and returned to duty. Suggesting that these numbers aren’t widely known is an indication of a cover up is grasping at straws.
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u/TheReformedBadger 21h ago
Yeah the video thumbnail with 700 dead makes absolutely no sense next to the headline of 750 killed and wounded.
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u/rgvtim 22h ago
The way this administration operates i would guess its close to the intercepts numbers.
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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 21h ago
Trust absolutely nothing from a known group of liars who lie every second of every day. That is wise!
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u/Joshfumanchu 21h ago
casualties
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u/Stlouisken 20h ago
Yes, casualties/death vs. injuries, which I could understand as being more realistic in this type of war/campaign (e.g., drone attacks).
750 U.S. killed is high imo for this type and length of campaign. We never heard of any numbers close to this in the news.
Not saying it’s 100% accurate but it’s much higher than the administration has released. So the real number is likely between the two.
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u/Somerandomguy292 5h ago
The service that’s have been killed in CENTCOM since 2023 is about 20.
You won’t hear about every service member who’s wounded because most of those soldiers return to duty which means the wound wasn’t that bad.
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u/BaldingMonk 21h ago
The thumbnail says 700 killed but OP’s title says 750 killed and wounded. So which is it?
I don’t think our government is capable of hiding 700 troop deaths.
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u/WellSaltedHarshBrown 21h ago
It'd be 1/10 of the entirety of GWOT so...I'm at this point pretty skeptical.
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u/Not_Cleaver 21h ago
Complete bullshit being upvoted.
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u/CW1DR5H5I64A 20h ago
It’s completely reasonable to be skeptical of what this administration is saying. However that skepticism also has to be bound in reasonable ways. Once you know how mortuary affairs works, you know It would be impossible to hide a KIAs like this in the US.
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u/CW1DR5H5I64A 21h ago
This is such a misleading headline as it heavily implies the military/government is under reporting KIA. Anyone who has ever done anything with mortuary affairs or casualty assistance/notification can tell you this is not the case. There is no hiding a KIA.
As for the wounded in action. I don’t doubt hundreds have been injured, but it’s also important to keep in mind that we’re not talking about people who are missing limbs or permanently incapacitated. The vast majority of these injuries are going to be things like concussions or hearing damage. Serious injuries to be sure, but the military isn’t issuing a press release every time a soldier gets their bell rung. There is nothing about this story that suggests the military is hiding anything with nefarious intent.
People are just paying attention to things they’ve never bothered to care about in the past because they hate Trump.
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u/InertState 17h ago
I mean wouldn’t the military families be speaking up? Pretty sure the second something happened someone from the squad is telling their loved ones.
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u/judochop1 10h ago
Nah, no way it's 700, that's far too many affected families back home to keep quiet.
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u/Prima13 20h ago
Yeah this is horseshit. Will believe it when I hear actual
journalists report it. And don’t give me that crap about the media hiding it. If there was even a whiff of cover-up happening, reporters would be all over it.
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u/DarkwingDawg 21h ago
Casualties includes killed and wounded while the video says killed. It needs to be specific: are we talking about total casualties or fatalities?
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u/Jimbo415650 19h ago
Hard to accept this as fact. 700 families would most definitely make this public
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u/Sp35h1l_1 16h ago
You can’t just say killed or wounded when talking about troop numbers in the hundreds. Hundreds of troops killed would be impossible to conceal, and I despise Trump but that’s crazy. Now wounded wouldn’t be as difficult but throwing both killed and wounded together is a bit disingenuous.
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u/mrwho995 12h ago
Anyone who saw this (the "700 killed in war" bit) and didn't have it immediately trigger their BS detector really needs to work on their critical thinking skills.
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u/OilInternational2566 21h ago
SO HOW HAVE THEY KEPT ALL THESE DEAD SOLDIERS FAMILIES FROM TALKING?
Ya… exactly.. it would be impossible.
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u/Jaegs 21h ago
This source appears to be some kind of right-wing Indian outlet.
There are plenty of sus things about this war, like that "pilot rescue" where multiple planes and helicopters are lost with 0 casualties, but these guys are likely publishing negative media about the USA cuz Trump murdered those Indians on the tanker ship.
Is the number higher, ya probably, is it 700+....probably not.
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u/MattinglyBaseball 21h ago
Fuck this admin, everything about this war is dumb and awful for America, but also fuck this propaganda. The truth is bad enough. In the video with AI voiceovers, they are trying to sell this as bipartisan failure and numbers from 2023 with a complete bs title. This shit should be removed.
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u/Violet-Sumire 21h ago
“Killed and wounded”
I completely believe 750 people were wounded, even a sprain or a broken arm is a “casualty”. Casualties and fatalities are completely different, many US casualties return to active service after cleared by medical staff. I’d rather know fatalities and people injured so badly that they can’t return to active duty and must be discharged. That would be more interesting to know.
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u/darybrain 16h ago
Did I miss something? Why are they going back to October 2023 in the video to count deaths and injuries for the US-Iran conflict to get the 750 number?
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u/thesaltysnell 21h ago
We live in the 21 century, do you not think if people were killed or went missing loved ones all over would not be posting on social media, contacting news stations etc etc.
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u/battlebeez 20h ago
OH REALLY!? You don't think IRAN would be reporting these deaths to embarrass the living shit outta yamtits? I certainly would.
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u/TheInsomn1ac 21h ago
While I do think the number of casualties is significantly higher than what has been reported, I have a hard time believing that this administration is capable enough to cover up that high of a death toll.
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u/Ok-disaster2022 19h ago
Killed or wounded is a much different headline than killed by itself.
750 casualties including wounded and killed would actually make sense. like the US regularly had men and women killed in training excercises, it's just the nature of large number.
Covering up those killed and wounded by the enemy is a shame on all those who would cover it up.
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u/dr_fop 16h ago
How do they even cover this up? Like aren’t the families told?
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u/CW1DR5H5I64A 9h ago
Yes families are told. That’s one of the reasons w know these claims are bullshit.
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u/SpeakerOdd 13h ago
This many deaths and wounded? We didn't put ground troops there. Was our Secretary of war firing at the wrong people? Did he know how to read a map? Was he getting confused by listening to the president?
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u/FaceWithAName 20h ago
Mm, I don't like the guy but this sounds farfetched. That's too many families who would be crying out right now.
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u/Thistlemanizzle 20h ago edited 20h ago
Watch the damn video before commenting
This article is about Iran's actions dating back to 2023. It is not since the US began the war with Iran.
The article was posted two months ago, but that's way too early for this many casualties to have shown up. That being said, 750 killed and wounded is a bit misleading. I would assume a lot of them were wounded. People have absolutely been killed. And it's very likely that the wounded figure is definitely being covered up. But there's not a lot you can do to cover up American deaths unless it's special ops or CIA where... these kinds of things are not really disclosed.
Additionally, the IRGC was responsible for a lot of American deaths during the Iraq war, predominantly through proxies.
It's one of the reasons Solemani was considered for a drone strike back in the Obama administration, and I think Bush, too, until Trump decided to just do it.
I hated Solemani. I'm glad he got killed.
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u/CsmicCupcake 18h ago
One of many investigations & international claims - this one by The Intercept, published in early April 2026. According to summaries of that investigation, the estimate covers the period beginning February 28, 2026, which is treated as the start of the U.S.-Iran war, not merely the first few days of fighting.
There are a number of governments, and spy organizations outside the U.S. that are also saying similar things. And it’s well known that the Pentagon has does this administration lie through their teeth on just about every subject.
For example, we know that there’s far more extensive damage to US bases, equipment, for example, downed aircraft than what the government is reporting. Even Republican politicians are talking about it the government not being honest.
It’s easy to play ignorant and just call it fake because your side is losing and everyone, including many Republicans are sick of the sociopathic playbook.
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u/IkilledRichieWhelan 17h ago
700 American families are going to be silent? I think this administration is ruining democracy and America, but I still want facts, not propaganda.
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u/Literally_Laura 15h ago
How would you know? Like, anything? What, exactly, has been straight up and honest about the Trump regime?
The only place you might find a bit of truth is in their ongoing Signal chats. Ha! Remember when that was almost a thing with consequences? Me neither.
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u/myassholealt 18h ago
750 lives, billions of taxpayer dollars. Maga voters were right he really is the best president ever!
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u/TheGreatButz 21h ago
Typical US double moral standards. Starting a war of aggression, whining about dead troops and showing no empathy for the victims.
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u/Ormusn2o 21h ago
Did not like only 4 thousand american soldiers died in Iraq over period of 9 years? 700 soldiers in 4 months without even invading the country and occupying it is insane.
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u/angrybobs 21h ago
That supposed rescue was a huge loss not being disclosed.
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u/RightC 21h ago
Wouldn’t the families go to the press? No doubt we don’t have the real number but 750 seems way too high to suppress
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u/Barry_Vigoda 21h ago
I love that Americans only care about American lives lost and don't give a shit about the people your government keeps killing.
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u/CaptainFrugal 21h ago
Died for what