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Jul 28, 2026 1:06 PM
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Sauce: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/26/pentagon-iran-war-troop-deaths-casualty-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Dawgsarethebestpeople
This is the american special military operation. Ralph Wiggum level of special
XXXSpork
Imagine how high that total will go if this goes from an air only war to air plus ground
TheLastGreatAudit
Wait til the real contractor numbers come out in a few years. For reference, across the GWOT contractors died or were wounded at roughly double the rate of military personnel. They're currently admitting to 5.
bexxMaker
Funkman418
ALL TO KEEP THE PEDOPHILE PIG RAPIST OUT OF JAIL, FUCK THAT PIG !!!!
bad1080
"just stop reporting the numbers and the cases go to zero!"
OriginalAndWitty
They all have families or friends in some way, how long were they planning on hiding it? "You friend/child/spouse has decided to become permanent residents of Iran and will not return.... By their own choice... Definitely not dead."
Dogfacedboy
Stop the testing!!!!! -TRUMP probably
Ttoften
The Repugnican model
UncleRat
Oh, that brings back some memories.
zHurk777
There Suckers And Losers !!! tRump Said So !!! - magas.
ahbrannon1
I am so shocked, no one in the Trump administration would lie, especially Trump and Hegshit. They omit certain digits when comes to reporting casualties, example there are 93 casualties they just drop the nine and report 3 as the number of injured or killed.
lackinglife
I don't see trump doing it though, not for any moral reason mind you, just self preservation. It's not a popular war and sending in ground troops would mean sending in his bases kids to die. Cause you know Iran is ready for it, Vietnam 2.0. also it's been pretty clear that top brass have only gone with this so far because we've mostly kept our people out of danger. A ground war could lead to a straight up revolt. I'm sure they wouldn't mind kicking hegseth out too
ontarioOT
Lol. He doesn't even give a fuck about all of *his* kids, you think he even thinks about the kids of some hick in Bumfuck, Nowheresville? Maybe military brass push back but this administration has removed a lot of smart and competent people so there are more yes-men than there were previously.
BeTheFirstToComment
Reporting casualties tells your enemy how effective they’ve been.
Pasquinelthe2nd
Refusing to report dead servicemen and women in war you started because "it doesn't count if they die when it's a ceasefire" is a disgrace to the troops that died. And their families.
BeTheFirstToComment
All families were notified, in private.
Pasquinelthe2nd
Fuck off MAGAt
Mvnostrand2000
Yeah but we won like 36 times. So take that, Iran!
HisRoyalMajestyKingV
That's under 20 casualties per victory! American Exceptionalism™!
bad1080
stopped more wars than anyone in the history of the usa
Mvnostrand2000
And have the best everything and anything in the history of humanity, people say
Caughtintheconcentricelipsesofchaosanditsinnatemadness
And invented/discovered more words that already existed than any other president before, since, or ever will in the future.
Mvnostrand2000
Cognitive test off the charts
Caughtintheconcentricelipsesofchaosanditsinnatemadness
They had to make new, special charts.
davebarton315101
Wounds can often be totally life changing, A quadruple amputee is merely wounded.
VodkaReindeer
Are you as likely to get that from a drone or missile strike as with an IED?
davebarton315101
The point is that “wounds “ are often catastrophic.
whoisyourdaddy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/26/pentagon-iran-war-troop-deaths-casualty-report
VodkaReindeer
Who's gonna make up their mind based on the casualty number though?
jalcantara88127001
And we don't have boots on ground
mcoulter876
How was it quiet if it was posted on the website?
ElbowDeepInAHeadlessHorseman
Just look at what Putin does with Ukraine war death totals and know that Trump worships Putin and that's everything you need to know.
dcjunkee
There's this odd expectation anymore that when the US enters a war, it's somehow a surprise when there are US casualties. This isn't to take anything away from the tragedy of their deaths, but the ratios just always seem so staggering; 3,000 Iranian deaths barely make the news... but the US loses 3 people there is shock. It's a war? What did you expect?
CobainsSarcoma
they're called freedom wounds and you heathen commies should be grateful that donald trunp.... sorry, i can't finish
onlytwomoreyears
From what? I've been told we won the war with Iran. Repetitively.
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
So much winning...
redtails2649
I'm just so tired of winning
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
He said you would be
astronomypictures
Given the casualties Russia has taken in its war of aggression. I don’t think this number is anywhere near enough to stop the US in its version.
camn333
I mean... Russia has actually been invading a country for 4 years. These are casualty numbers from an air operation that has been going for 4 months.
I can't imagine how many people will die when dear leader decides his ego cannot take it any more, and sends in the troops. It's going to be horrifying.
astronomypictures
Yes, exactly my point.
bad1080
ukraine invasion: 1615 days and 1,442,140 russian casualties = ~893 per day
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Yeah, if Trump is dumb enough to send ground troops, the casualties will look very different.
kingbudo101
friendily reminder casualties doesnt mean deaths. If someone was wounded, thats a casualty. its 624 wounded and 18 deaths.
BobRossHB
Over 600 people tramp will declare weak cowards for not dying for American or something else as heinous eventually
Idkillpickanamelater
that an extreme low death to wounded ratio. 1:34 But the entire conflict has been fought by the Air Force and Navy so not terribily surpising.
BlurbDurb
It's also a trend in U.S. military engagements. Gear has gotten to the point where there are videos of marines taking direct fire from snipers, getting hit in the side or the chest, getting fully knocked over by the round, and just hopping back up PISSED OFF AS HELL. I'm not saying it's safe by any stretch (IEDs, seams in the armor, all kinds of stuff are still threats) but a normal grunt fighting the U.S. military is at a pretty major disadvantage.
Idkillpickanamelater
True
azarza
this would include strikes on US Bases?
Idkillpickanamelater
all of this is stikes on US Bases. Nothing else as been attacked
azarza
it seemed you were saying all the casualties were solely Air Force and Navy.. i am assuming these US Bases were more than those branches
Idkillpickanamelater
No, the US Air Force and Navy are doing the bulk of the *fighting*. Meaning there are no troops on the ground for Iran to attack aside from the bases. Which leads to a much lower killed to wounded ratio as the those bases are expected to be hit and can prepare.
ontarioOT
That's how many deaths they've reported. There are a lot of smart people who think the toll is higher and the US government is lying (shocking, I know).
NullNameAvailable
I find it unlikely they'd be fudging the deaths much, as it only takes one family to bring the whole thing down. It's the same rational about why the staff of NASA either had to be the most information-locked entity the world has ever known, or we actually went to the fucking moon - you can't keep things hushed when you hit a certain scale of people involvement, and unless they got lucky on who got killed in action, you can't keep all of their families quiet.
UncleRat
The US military used to make it a point that information about personnel losses was treated as absolute truth. You can't have truth when the Secretary of Defense is a fool, and the Commander-in-Chief is a demented rapist.
Eyeetsass
Of course they’re lying. They released data without a court order. Of course they’re full of shit.
kingbudo101
its a lot harder to hide military deaths in the US. If they are fudging the numbrs it both will come out quickily as well as it wouldnt bee too much higher than the 18 thats listed. But i cam curious on your source that it would be much higher
Rijacki
They're trying to obfuscate even the ones they have reported by having them on several different web pages and trying to decouple them from the undeclared and completely illegal war Trump started and Hegseth is mismanaging horribly.
kingbudo101
right you canobfuscate it, but you cant make the deaths disappear completely. Doing that is very hard with the US military. the 18 deaths are the number of deaths in the region since the war started. "offically" it might be 14 deaths. but its 18
SquaresUnfiltered
Former military intelligence here. You'd be extremely surprised at how easy it is to hide the numbers of casualties.
kingbudo101
sorry if you dont blame me for not trusting a random person online that says "Im Former military intelligence"
SquaresUnfiltered
While lucky for you, I'm a public figure that's easy to verify.
somethingcleverlol
Right for casualties, but are deaths not harder to hide? Hide in the sense to make like they not happen. Not to say they arent apart of the conflict
ontarioOT
I never said "much" higher, just that we can't trust what they're saying. For example, they just took off four deaths because they "happened during a ceasefire," so the official tally is actually 14 if you look at the numbers the US government is putting out. That was due to a data glitch if you listen to the Pentagon spokesperson or, the tally is actually 18 if you listen to Trump.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-war-death-count-trump-b3020670.html
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ontarioOT
https://newrepublic.com/post/213541/iran-war-casualties-increase-pentagon-changes-math
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https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/07/iran-war-trump-hiding-american-soldiers-death/688085/ (paywall)
kingbudo101
So basically what I said, they are fudging the numbers slightly and it came out quickily that they were doing it. Its hard to hide actual deaths and trying to attribute the deaths to something else to make the "Iran war" death lower. But not hide the deaths completely