The Trump administration’s secret war against Iran, between withholding information, fluctuating objectives and the art of concealment

The lives of American soldiers deployed in the Middle East for many months have been placed under seal. The contrast is striking with the countless videos filmed by Russians on the Ukrainian front, complaining of violence from their superiors or deplorable material conditions. The Pentagon, for its part, succeeded in imposing rare internal discipline. If the war against Iran constitutes a strategic shipwreck for the United States, public opinion and even those elected to Congress only perceive the reality through gaps.

On August 5, the MS NOW channel published an article on its site based on the testimony of around ten relatives of soldiers, embarked for eight months aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham-Lincoln. “Many said their child or partner had told them about broken toilets, showers covered in mold, laundromats that had been broken for weeks, and prolonged periods without hot water for showering.”reported the article. A few months earlier, on social networks, photos of disgusting meal trays, served to the 5,000 passengers, had circulated. The Pentagon had denied any supply problem.

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