Trump Called Out by US Troops over War Cover-Up
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What injuries are US troops facing in the Iran war?
Donald Trump is blocking catastrophically injured soldiers from the war in Iran from getting the medical attention that they need here in the United States as part of a broader cover-up of the serious injuries that have taken place in this war in Iran. The Trump regime has been saying that 90% of the injured service members which total they claim around 500, have very minor injuries, are not seriously injured, and are able to return to combat if necessary. This has been proven to be a lie. First off, I think we all know that the trump regime is likely understating the amount of service member injured by multiples remember back in 2020 when iran retaliated against donald trump's assassination of general soleimani remember the trump regime first claimed that there was 11 people that were injured in iran's retaliatory strikes but they were non-serious just some headaches remember it turned out that it was 10 times that amount
It was over 100 soldiers at a base in Iraq who all suffered very serious traumatic brain injuries. So if you take the current number that the Trump regime is claiming of non-seriously injured soldiers from the current catastrophic war in Iran, which they claim to be 400 to 500, I would just multiply that by 10. And I think that's probably a low estimate of the true amount of people who were actually injured. But CBS did this story where they spoke with some of these catastrophically wounded soldiers who were being deprived of medical attention. And this includes some of those soldiers who were at the base in Kuwait, the trailer that was not being protected by the Trump regime, which was hit by an Iranian drone, where six service members died that we know about.
and these catastrophically injured service members who had shrapnel wounds who barely survived and clearly have traumatic brain injuries they say and their wives say that they're not even being allowed to have tbi traumatic brain injury tests because the Trump regime is classifying them as non-seriously injured. They can't get access to medical service, and they're basically being told that they need to return to being back on duty. I mean, it is absolutely outrageous. I want to share with you the CBS exclusive, but then I want to remind you of what the Trump regime has previously done in covering up these types of injuries before, including during the first trump administration so here's the scoop wounded soldiers and families accused the army of downplaying war injuries and it said how pete hegseth the defense secretary claimed that there were only 400 injured american service members
How is the Trump administration downplaying troop injuries?
in the catastrophic war in iran but that they were non-serious injuries they were minor injuries but now a lot of those soldiers and their spouses are going public because they're not getting the medical attention that they need for example chief warrant officer rodney behrman's body was riddled with shrapnel after the iranian drone hit the workstation which is basically a trailer that was left unprotected by the trump regime The Iranian drone hit it on March 1st, killed six people, six service members, and the injuries to Berman included a massive concussion, hearing loss, vision loss, serious damage to his lungs. as a former litigator having handled car accident cases. This is a quintessential example of what would be a traumatic brain injury, which is permanent and disabling.
But the Army classified Behrman's condition as not seriously injured. And now he's not able to get certain surgeries and procedures. and evaluations. He wasn't transported to the right places for treatment, which probably was medical malpractice and compounded his injuries and the permanent status of his injuries. His wife says it's completely unacceptable. And CBS and other news outlets are reporting that there are dozens and dozens of other people who are saying the same thing has happened. Another story they highlight is Sergeant First Class Corey Hicks. I'll pull up a photo of Corey Hicks and his wife right there, 37 years old, severe shrapnel wounds from the drone blast.
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