BREAKING: Over 100 US troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following Iran strike

[spanone]

Trump's been lying all along....

(CNN)Over 100 US service members have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injuries in the wake of the January 8 Iranian missile attack on the al Asad military base in Iraq, according to a US official with knowledge of the latest information.

That's an increase of at least 36 cases from the end of January when the Pentagon said 64 service members had been diagnosed with injuries.

The Pentagon and President Donald Trump had initially said no service members were injured or killed in the Iranian missile attack, which was retaliation for the January 2 US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general.

Several Pentagon officials told CNN last month that the number of diagnosed cases is likely to continue to change. Approximately 200 people who were in the blast zone at the time of the attack have been screened for symptoms.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/10/politics/traumatic-brain-injuries-iran-strike/index.html

[Vinca]

1. Trump? Lying? Oh . . . my . . . who would have guessed.

[Takket]

2. I need to be hearing from Democrats on this

[wryter2000]

3. Damn

Is there good treatment for this?

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Not really,

usual effects are a big lose of hearing,as well as balance issues connected to the concussion effect on the ear drums. And on top of that,the concussion affect on the skull.

[Newest Reality]

5. But,

it's just some headaches, said the Great Leader.

[superpatriotman]

6. So we WANT a war with Iran now?

What purpose does this serve?

[democratisphere]

7. drumpf created THIS disastrous situation then ignores and lies

about the numbers and injuries to our troops. THIS scumbag has no bottom to how low he will go.

[Maru Kitteh]

8. And what other injuries? You can't tell me 100

people got head injuries & nothing else. WT actual F?

[budkin]

9. "Headaches"

Nothing to see here...

[sarisataka]

10. What happened to

The precisely aimed, accurate Iranian missiles that were specifically targeted to avoid hitting American troops? There were many threads praising the Iranians for their restraint and demonstration of their weapons.

Was this a miss? Were they actually trying to kill a large number of Americans? Should we retaliate over this?

Does this explain why the Iranian military was so jumpy they shot a civilian aircraft, twice? Did they believe they had killed as many US troops as the Beirut bombing and the US was going to launch a heavy counterattack?

[matt819]

11. This is awful

What makes it worse is that I think the US knew about the missile attack. As idiotic as it might have been, the Iranians needed to do this as a face-saving matter, or it could really have been worse. So, if the US knew of the attack, why were measures not taken to ensure that everyone would be safe.

Also, we need to know more about these injuries. Granted, any brain injury is dangerous, but there's difference between a "mild" concussion and a TBI that puts you in a long-term care facility for the rest of your life.