A group of anti-war, US military veterans have slammed what they say are Israeli interests guiding US military policy, culminating in the current US-Israeli war on Iran that is putting American lives at risk.
To the public's knowledge, 13 US military personnel have so far been killed since the war was launched on 28 February, but veterans said on Thursday that there are likely more casualties to be announced, given that the Pentagon's three military hospitals in Germany "are full".
President Donald Trump has repeatedly indicated that there may be many casualties and that it's simply the cost of going to war.
After critics blasted the president for wearing a campaign hat while receiving the first batch of caskets that were returned to the US, the White House decided that the second dignified transfer ceremony would no longer be open to the press.
While the anti-war veterans took stock of Washington's responsibility for starting the war, they pointed to deeply embedded Israeli operations that they say have become inextricable from the Pentagon's decision-making.