One of the lessons from Vietnam is that when they start bombarding you with numbers like these ...

[patphil]

2. They're selling the war to the American public.

We can't lose sight of the fact that our military attacked Iran for no good reason whatsoever.
All the pain, suffering, death and destruction that has happened there at our hands, or in response to what we have done is on US. And even further, would Israel actually have attacked Iran if we didn't agree to do the hard work for them.
There's no excuse for what we have done there. If Israel wants to fight a war, that's their business. Unfortunately we're now in the thick of it, and will probably put boots on the ground soon.
I have no reason to believe our government when they say negotiation have started with the intent to end the conflict.
We saw their recent list of demands; nothing that Iran would agree to. It appears intended to cause the "peace talks" to fail so we can continue to appease Israel by carrying the war further under the false narrative that Iran refuses to negotiate with us.
Perhaps there should be a Nobel War Prize. That's something our president could surly win.