Following Iranian attacks on U.S. military bases in Iraq, CNN looks to be attempting to explain away the attacks, claiming the country probably intentionally avoided killing Americans.
The explanations given by CNN for the attack that resulted in no casualties are:
- “Khamenei, Iran’s octogenarian Supreme Leader, is out of touch with what his military can achieve and overestimated the effectiveness of the strikes, which then failed.”
- “[M]oderation won out, and this largely empty signal — hitting military targets in the dead of night with a small number of missiles — provides the off-ramp both sides might ultimately have been looking for.”
- “It might be a bid by Iran to lull the US into a false sense of security — that Iran is militarily weak and has done its worst — while an asymmetrical and nastier response is plotted.”
However, the title of their article on the subject seems to be siding with Iran, giving them the benefit of the doubt for their brazen attacks on U.S. Military bases, reading, “Iran’s strikes seem intended to avoid US deaths. Here’s why that might be the case.”
This time, CNN’s analysis may be correct, given the fragile state of the country’s military operations.
President Trump will address the nation on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. regarding the situation.