Trump’s Iran War Draws ‘Disaster’ Warning From American Veterans

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Operations connected with the Iran War have claimed the lives 23 U.S. service members and injured hundreds more, according to the latest figures.

Some U.S. military veterans have sharply criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the Iran War as the country marks Veterans Day today.

So far, the Iran War has cost the lives of 23 U.S. service members and wounded hundreds more, according to the latest Pentagon figures. As the country marks the federal holiday, some veterans have voiced their anger at Trump's comments last year when he said November 11 would also be recognized as "Victory Day for World War I." The holiday has not been officially renamed.

Adam Dunigan, a Marine Corps combat veteran who served from 2008 to 2013 in Afghanistan and later worked as a CIA operations officer, told Newsweek that Trump's effort to put his personal stamp on military traditions was distracting attention from what he called "the disaster he made in Iran."

"Trump can try and put his tacky, jingoistic branding on whatever he likes," Dunigan, who ran in a Democratic congressional primary in Virginia earlier this year, said.

"He’s got two more years. But the renamings, the Trump Arch (and) the gold-plated everything, it's all an amateurish distraction from his failures here at home and the disaster he made in Iran.

"The man knows he and MAGA are on borrowed time now. November 3rd was step one, and as soon as the American people finish the job in November 2028, America's veterans are going to be at the vanguard of restoring sanity back to the Republic, respect back to the military and dignity for vets receiving care through the VA."

The VA refers to the Department of Veterans Affairs, a federal agency which provides lifelong care and support to eligible military veterans and their families.

Veterans Day traditionally focuses on Americans who have served in the Armed Forces. This year's holiday comes with U.S. troops involved in an overseas war and with some veterans questioning both the conflict itself and Trump's approach.

As well as the deaths, more than 860 American service members have been wounded in operations connected to…

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