By Shabbir Rizvi
The US military may see a second consecutive year of failure to meet its recruitment goals.
Despite loosening restrictions, adding new “incentives,” and deploying massive promotional campaigns, various branches of the US military are struggling to enlist new personnel - a sign of not only the declining mental and physical health of Americans but also growing disdain for American wars.
Many have described the failure to meet the military’s recruitment goals as a “crisis.” After all, it was not too long ago when Americans, in a drunken flurry by the post-9/11 war drive, flocked to recruitment centers. The early 2000s saw some of the highest increase in numbers for the military.
Fast forward 20 years.
In 2022, the US Army missed its recruiting goal by 25 percent - some 15,000 soldiers. In a bid to meet its recruitment numbers, the Army invested $100,000,000 in schools meant to push potential recruitments into qualifying mental and physical shape.......more below
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran will reject any call for a ceasefire in the ongoing war with the United States and Israel, insisting that there must be a permanent end to the aggression.
In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Araghchi said that Iran will continue to fight because Israel and the US had already shattered a ceasefire reached to end the 12-day war in June last year.
“And now you want to ask for a ceasefire again? This doesn't work like this… There needs to be a permanent end to the war,” Araghchi said.
“Unless we get to that, I think we need to continue fighting for the sake of our people and our security,” he said.
The comments came in response to NBC moderator Kristin Welker's question about whether Iran would be ready to end the war and return to the negotiating table with the US.
It also came two days after US President Donald Trump said that the only way to end the war would be for Iran to announce “unconditional surrender.”
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The US‑Israeli war with Iran has entered its tenth day with more airstrikes across the region
Iran has carried out a new series of strikes on US military sites across the Middle East, targeting Camp Arifjan and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reported. A high-rise government building in Kuwait City has also been hit by a drone, according to Bloomberg.
As of Sunday, the US-Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,332 Iranian civilians, the Islamic Republic’s official data shows.
US President Donald Trump has denied responsibility for the strike on a girls’ elementary school in the south of the Islamic Republic on February 28 that killed at least 175 people, suggesting instead that the Iranians were to blame and calling their munitions “very inaccurate.”....more below
https://www.rt.com/news/633831-us-israeli-war-on-iran-live-updates/
