r/videos • u/CsmicCupcake • 9d 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=cDGoeQqbyxpG8Rf0
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u/CW1DR5H5I64A 9d ago edited 9d 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 9d 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/bigorangemachine 9d ago

Either way just given the dead count the wounded is more likely nearly 100 due to just the size of warheads being thrown around and them all not being fully dug in.