Washington Post Reports Extensive Damage to US Persian Gulf Bases - Why No Casualty Reports?

Two Crusty Old Combat Soldiers with a Microphone · May 8, 2026 · 15m

Earlier this week we reported an interesting lack of Iran War news coverage and discussed the structural reasons for these media choices and some reasons the Trump Administration might want to suppress news about the war.

Now the Washington Post has published an extensive article outlining the extensive damage Iranian missiles have done to US military installations in the region and the depletion of munitions needed to continue the war: https://wapo.st/4w8pfDL.

This only raises new questions, including the extent to which the Administration is covering up US casualties and whether Trump had…