MS NOW Pentagon correspondent Priya Sridhar, a former U.S. Navy reserve officer, says that even though conditions on carriers like the USS Lincoln are “not the greatest,” service members should still expect basic supplies “like soap and deodorant” from a Defense Department with a trillion-dollar budget.
MS NOW spoke exclusively with the wife of a sailor who jumped off the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier last week. The wife says she was not contacted by Navy officials about the incident until four days later and shared text messages from one of her husband’s friends on the ship who described the incident as a suicide attempt. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports the U.S. military has lost roughly 25% of its Reaper drones, citing multiple officials. The aircraft have been used heavily around the Strait of Hormuz but are considered easy targets for Iran’s military and its regional proxies. The Morning Joe panel breaks down the latest developments.
Wars often go wrong in unexpected ways. Even well-planned operations can be derailed by surprise events, equipment failures, bad weather, or bad luck. But the disaster that followed President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran on February 28 was not a surprise. War-gamed and red-teamed dozens of times over decades, the risks of the campaign […] The post The Iran War and the Future of American Empire appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Iran War and the Future of American Empire The choice is between controlled retrenchment now and forced retrenchment later. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Wars often go wrong in unexpected ways. Even well-planned operations can be derailed by surprise events, equipment failures, bad weather, or bad luck. But the disaster that followed President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran on February 28 was not a surprise. War-gamed and red-teamed dozens of times over decades, the risks of the campaign were well-known and obvious. Still, the war’s outcome has been worse than the most…Open
Israeli kibbutz residents wonder why the state won’t return October 7 footage it confiscated from them – including video of loved one's final moments.
By Michelle Witte The Israeli government is still holding a massive trove of video documentation of the Oct. 7 attack captured by individuals and communities caught up in the fighting. One bereaved parent even accuses Israeli authorities of deleting a video of her son’s last moments before returning his phone to her. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. According to Israel’s Channel 13 , “all the cameras, memory cards and films that documented the atrocities were collected, but two and a half years later, these materials have not been returned to the communities and bereaved families who are desperate for information, and even feel that someone is…Open