Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Aaron Sobczak
“President Trump and other White House officials are suggesting that questioning the decision and efficacy of bombing Iran shows a lack of patriotism and disparages American troops. These claims harken back to the Iraq War when supporters of the policy insisted that critics or skeptics were simply anti-American or didn’t support the troops. … As a strategy to rebuff challenges to its claims of ‘mission accomplished,’ the Trump administration is sprinkling in suggestions that those who don’t trust the administration’s judgment are un-American or are somehow insulting the pilots who ran the mission themselves. But this isn’t new.” (06/26/25)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/hegseth-says-support-the-troops/