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