I just checked the latest information from the Defense Department.

To date, the US Military has suffered the loss of 18 personnel in the current War with Iran, which was tragic for all their family and friends.

That is 18 deaths over six months' time, or 3 deaths per month.

However, here at home, we lose more citizens than that in Chicago South Side on a hot summer night.

This is sort of a police action, an extremely expensive police action, but it's not a war.


CAN WE PLEASE STOP CALLING THIS A WAR NOW?

You conveniently IGNORED the 820 military personnel who have been wounded in action since Feb. 28th.

Shameful.

DiabloWags said:

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You conveniently IGNORED the 820 military personnel who have been wounded in action since Feb. 28th.

Shameful.

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You conveniently IGNORED

the 300 people in Chicago who have been murdered;
the 1300 people in Chicago who have been sexually assaulted;
the 3200 people in Chicago who have been robbed; and
the 5000 victims of aggravated battery in Chicago since Jan. 1.

Shameful.

DiabloWags said:

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You conveniently IGNORED the 820 military personnel who have been wounded in action since Feb. 28th.

Shameful.

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An important fact to note but the way you frame it makes it seem much more drastic than it really is.

Based on reports a few months back, a large majority of those injuries have been minor concussions with almost all of those service members returning to active duty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/10/us-troops-wounded-iran-war/

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-us-troops-killed-wounded-jordan-base

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DiabloWags said:

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You conveniently IGNORED the 820 military personnel who have been wounded in action since Feb. 28th.

Shameful.

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You conveniently IGNORED

the 300 people in Chicago who have been murdered;
the 1300 people in Chicago who have been sexually assaulted;
the 3200 people in Chicago who have been robbed; and
the 500 victims of aggravated battery in Chicago since Jan. 1.

Shameful.

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Your number of 500 aggravated batteries in Chicago since Jan 1 is actually well below the real number, by thousands.
There are about 136 aggravated batteries in Chicago per week. Over 7,000 during the last 12 months.

https://abcotvdata.github.io/safetytracker_chicago/Chicago_Safety_Tracker_Batteries.html

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oski003 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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You conveniently IGNORED the 820 military personnel who have been wounded in action since Feb. 28th.

Shameful.

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You conveniently IGNORED

the 300 people in Chicago who have been murdered;
the 1300 people in Chicago who have been sexually assaulted;
the 3200 people in Chicago who have been robbed; and
the 500 victims of aggravated battery in Chicago since Jan. 1.

Shameful.

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Your number of 500 aggravated batteries in Chicago since Jan 1 is actually well below the real number, by thousands.
There are about 136 aggravated batteries in Chicago per week. Over 7,000 during the last 12 months.

https://abcotvdata.github.io/safetytracker_chicago/Chicago_Safety_Tracker_Batteries.html

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I forgot a zero. Fixed. Ty.

BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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You conveniently IGNORED the 820 military personnel who have been wounded in action since Feb. 28th.

Shameful.

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An important fact to note but the way you frame it makes it seem much more drastic than it really is.

Based on reports a few months back, a large majority of those injuries have been minor concussions with almost all of those service members returning to active duty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/10/us-troops-wounded-iran-war/

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-us-troops-killed-wounded-jordan-base

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Your link from WaPo is from March 10th.
It's irrelevant.

Your link from CBS is from July 26th.
Also irrelevant.

DiabloWags said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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You conveniently IGNORED the 820 military personnel who have been wounded in action since Feb. 28th.

Shameful.

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An important fact to note but the way you frame it makes it seem much more drastic than it really is.

Based on reports a few months back, a large majority of those injuries have been minor concussions with almost all of those service members returning to active duty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/10/us-troops-wounded-iran-war/

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-us-troops-killed-wounded-jordan-base

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Your link from WaPo is from March 10th.
It's irrelevant.

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Lol yes as I stated in my post, "based on reports from a few months back" Do you just not read what people write? If you can find a more recent account for the injuries then please share. Scratch that, found one more recent and it confirms the exact same thing I already said. August 6th

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/06/iran-war-traumatic-brain-injuries-troops/c09c2d4e-9184-11f1-9fdc-0a725c989a7b_story.html

" Washington Post/AP reported that most of the nearly 700 wounded at that point had experienced TBIs and returned to duty. It also confirmed that Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell had characterized the vast majority of injuries during the July period as "minor concussions."


It's not irrelevant just because you don't like the facts.

I remember when Trump said soldiers in Iraq simply suffered from headaches.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/10/02/trump-downplays-troop-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-as-headaches/

DiabloWags said:

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I remember when Trump said soldiers in Iraq simply suffered from headaches.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/10/02/trump-downplays-troop-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-as-headaches/

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Largely true. Mild concussion symptoms are headaches.

BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I remember when Trump said soldiers in Iraq simply suffered from headaches.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/10/02/trump-downplays-troop-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-as-headaches/

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Largely true. Mild concussion symptoms are headaches.

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Is that why 80 soldiers at al-Asad Air Base received Purple Hearts?

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/02/10/more-than-100-us-troops-diagnosed-with-tbi-after-irans-attack-at-al-asad-report/

DiabloWags said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I remember when Trump said soldiers in Iraq simply suffered from headaches.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/10/02/trump-downplays-troop-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-as-headaches/

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Largely true. Mild concussion symptoms are headaches.

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Is that why 80 soldiers received Purple Hearts?

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This article is from 2020, irrelevant!

730 should receive Purple Hearts from this Iranian conflict

"Senseless violence" says Alicia Keys

How about the 2,000 shot in Chicago under Democrat mayor with strictest gun laws in the country?

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 27, 2016

Charlie Kirk grew up in Chicago and has been following the violence there forever.

BearlySane88 said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I remember when Trump said soldiers in Iraq simply suffered from headaches.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/10/02/trump-downplays-troop-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-as-headaches/

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Largely true. Mild concussion symptoms are headaches.

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Is that why 80 soldiers received Purple Hearts?

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This article is from 2020, irrelevant!

730 should receive Purple Hearts

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Your making fun of traumatic brain injury is noted.
Donald Trump did the same thing in 2024

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/10/02/trump-downplays-troop-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-as-headaches/

DiabloWags said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I remember when Trump said soldiers in Iraq simply suffered from headaches.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/10/02/trump-downplays-troop-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-as-headaches/

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Largely true. Mild concussion symptoms are headaches.

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Is that why 80 soldiers received Purple Hearts?

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This article is from 2020, irrelevant!

730 should receive Purple Hearts

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Your making fun of traumatic brain injury is noted.
Donald Trump did the same thing in 2024

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/10/02/trump-downplays-troop-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-as-headaches/

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nobody made fun of traumatic brain injuries here. simmer down.

I disagree.

BearlySane88 said:

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730 should receive Purple Hearts from this Iranian conflict

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DiabloWags said:

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I disagree.

BearlySane88 said:

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730 should receive Purple Hearts from this Iranian conflict

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I was saying that all injured service members should receive Purple Hearts. How is that making fun of an injury? I'm quite literally saying the opposite. They should be honored.

According to Commander in Chief Bone Spurs, it's just a

"little excursion"

"small potatoes"

"No big deal"

I wonder if the families of our military personnel overseas feel the same way?

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-vance-war-23a45a2c45c048a9e894baeab89c7a2f

DiabloWags said:

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According to Commander in Chief Bone Spurs, it's just a

"little excursion"

"small potatoes"

"No big deal"

I wonder if the families of our military personnel overseas feel the same way?

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-vance-war-23a45a2c45c048a9e894baeab89c7a2f

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Trump makes a lot of good points there. Thank you for the link.

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This is sort of a police action, an extremely expensive police action, but it's not a war.


CAN WE PLEASE STOP CALLING THIS A WAR NOW?

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The President called it a WAR.

March 24th, 2026

DiabloWags said:

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SFCityBear said:

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This is sort of a police action, an extremely expensive police action, but it's not a war.


CAN WE PLEASE STOP CALLING THIS A WAR NOW?

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The President called it a WAR.

March 24th, 2026

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It's a war and it has been dreadful so far

Contrary to all of the propaganda out of Trump and his Administration, there has been NO WINNING.

There has been no regime change.
There has been no control of the Strait of Hormuz.
There has been no control of Iran's plutonium stockpile.

Instead, we have record diesel prices, surging gasoline prices, and a yield on the 10 year pushing 5%.


In fact, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta thinks that it could very well go on for another 6 MONTHS.

He told The Guardian: "It's no mystery that the United States and Iran are caught in a terrible stalemate, in which there really are very few options available to bring this war to an end."

He added: "I think the likelihood is this war is going to continue for another six months without being resolved."

He said that reports of tensions between staff at the Pentagon were weakening the United States' standing, saying: "Whether it's Iran, or whether it's our adversaries, they're now looking at the United States, and see weakness in terms of our ability to be able to really implement our military capability of defending our country."

"What I'm concerned about is that we're sending a message of weakness to our primary adversaries," he said.




Iran war will continue for another six months, former US defence secretary says | The Independent