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Rieckhoff in WSJ: Veterans Differ With Trump Over Injuries From Iran Missile Attack

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
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Why the Iran operation is being called a generational strategic loss. and what it cost in lives, dollars, and standing

02

The Cuba warning. why a War Powers Act has to come before the next strike, not after

03

Max Brooks on why veterans are the antidote to civic despair. Max Brooks on why veterans are the antidote to civic despair

04

The recruiting and morale crisis inside the military after t. The recruiting and morale crisis inside the military after thirteen funerals and zero accomplished objectives

President says U.S. injuries in attack in Iraq weren’t very serious; veterans say his comments were ignorant

Mr. Trump’s comments are “really counterproductive because we’ve worked for the last decade-and-a-half to highlight and educate people about the invisible injuries of war,” said Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and host of the Angry Americans podcast. “He really displayed remarkable ignorance about what could be the signature injury of our generation.”