In Trump’s war messaging, #veterans see something new — & disturbing
#Service members & families who lost loved ones say the #Trump team’s memes & jokes trivialize #combat & #sacrifice. Trump aides say the backlash sends views soaring.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #idiocracy
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When the retired #US #Army colonel Joe Buccino first saw White House posts mixing #Iran #war footage with clips from cartoons & video games, he felt something he had rarely experienced from US #military messaging: disgust.
The #veteran, who served multiple tours in Iraq & Afghanistan, & was formerly a spox for CENTCOM, had seen firsthand the sacrifices the nation’s service members made in combat.
#Trump #TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #idiocracy
Buccino had closely followed the reports of the 13 Americans killed & >200 injured in the #US & #Israel #war in #Iran.
But Trump’s top communications team, he said, had decided to treat the international conflict like a big joke. #Veterans who were already questioning the war’s strategy & endgame, he added, were unnerved to find the nation’s highest office posting pop-music-scored clips of missile strikes, mixed with footage from Call of Duty & “SpongeBob SquarePants.”
“They’re completely diminishing what they’re asking the nation to do in Iran,” Buccino said in an interview. “It seems almost obscene relative to the actual violence and suffering that’s involved with this.”
…as the #war enters its 4th week, the #Trump admin is facing increasing pushback from #veterans’ groups that argue that the meme strategy makes a mockery of a serious conflict & obscures questions about its human costs.
#unfit #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #RulesOfWar #law #MiddleEast #idiocracy
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Dr G