Damaged U.S.Chinook helicopter at a U.S. base in Kuwait
Edith Olmsted – The New Republic April 9, 2026
When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described a deadly Iranian strike in Kuwait as a rare “squirter” that had broken through the defenses of a U.S. military base, it didn’t quite sound right—especially to the service members who actually lived through it.
“Painting a picture that ‘one squeaked through’ is a falsehood,” one of the injured soldiers told CBS News Thursday. “I want people to know the unit … was unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position.”
The injured soldier, a member of the Army’s 103rd Sustainment Command who spoke to CBS News under the condition of anonymity, highlighted the valiant efforts of his fellow service members who were left in a dangerous situation by their leadership.
“I don’t think that the security environment or any leadership decision diminishes in any way their sacrifice or their service,” the injured soldier told CBS in an interview. “Those soldiers put themselves in harm’s way and … I’m immensely proud of them, and their family should be proud of them.”
Ahead of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. troops in the Gulf region were instructed to move away from the “X,” or danger zone. But a group of soldiers were sent from Kuwait City to Port of Shuaiba, still well within striking distance for Iran. There, they would establish a makeshift portside tactical operations center in a series of small tin buildings.
“We moved closer to Iran, to a deeply unsafe area that was a known target,” another soldier told CBS News. “I don’t think there was a good reason ever articulated.”
The soldier described how the troops had been protected by only a thin layer of vertical standing blast barricades. “From a bunker standpoint, that’s about as weak as one gets,” he told CBS News. Images of the base showed that it had limited defenses against drone or missile strikes.
When asked to describe the degree of fortification at the makeshift operations center, the soldier told the outlet: “I mean, I would put it in the ‘none’ category. From a drone defense capability … none.”
This runs counter to the Pentagon’s repeated assertions that the operations center was fortified. “Every possible measure has been taken to safeguard our troops—at every level,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell wrote on X in March.
The Iranian strike on that base killed six U.S. service members, making it the deadliest Iranian strike of the first five weeks of the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Iran. More than 30 military members were hospitalized, with dozens suffering from injuries, including burns, shrapnel wounds, and brain trauma.
The Defense Department did not initially release information about how many were hurt in the strike, and U.S. Central Command initially claimed that five had been seriously wounded. This isn’t the only case of the Pentagon downplaying the toll of Trump’s reckless war in Iran The government has published outdated numbers in statements on casualties, resulting in an undercount of how many troops have been wounded or killed, and a U.S. official said last week that the Pentagon appeared to be engaged in a “casualty cover-up” in Iran.
These gutless wonders creating war and hiding in their comfortable offices shining the seat of their pants. When the soldiers return they should hunt them down and take their own country back!
Awww tough shit, asshole. The injured imbecile blathered, “I don’t think that the security environment or any leadership decision diminishes in any way their sacrifice or their service.” Well, you dumb-f*cks ARE being sacrificed, for the benefit of THE worst most evil pieces of shit ever squirted out of Satan’s bunghole – the jew. And your “service” sure isn’t to your cuntry, it’s to Mordor and their maniacally wicked ambitions.
Anyone and everyone in the Jewnited States military these days is either dangerously stupid or a frothing psychopath or some of both. That’s it, no other options with that.
Speaking of the mentally retarded and morally bankrupt, I’ve mentioned an older work colleague who has a grandson who was stupid, and apparently queer, enough to join the navy. After basic training, the drooling dunce was sent to Bahrain. his base was bombed last month and lil tard cried about his playstation and ipad and all of his other personal items there getting destroyed. They were moved to hotels…real Spartans, that lot…then the hotels started taking fire. The unit got pulled and sent stateside…they tucked tail and ran…he and his group of craven wanna-bes are now stationed at some shit-hole in Virginia. I hope Iran bombs them there too. Anyway, the little dumb-f*ck was on leave for a few days and visited his grandparents who took him on a shopping spree yesterday to replace all his shit the Iranians, or jews or whoever, blew up. Hahahaha What the grandparents should have done was pimp-slap the stupid out of the guy.
The US Military is a bunch of Dumb animals…. to serve the Jews….basically what Kissinger said.
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Hegseth is either a deliberately promoted caricature of the worst aspects of American identity meant to be derided, or he is someone created in the image of International Jewry. Most likely the second, but this absurd caricature would not be out of place in “Dr Strangelove” or a “Monty Python” skit…
Pete Hogshit is lying, who would thought it? And what does the Scripture say about liars?
Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
@Umbra Bellator:
They gaslight themselves into thinking they are defending their country probably because they love the money it pays. Or it could it be that they are really DUMB.