Hawzah News Agency- “Six months after they declared victory, because remember, they said, ‘This is the best war ever, it’s going great,’ so seven months later, how’s that war going?” he asked. He added that Americans end up having to “pay the price for their lack of seriousness.”
Obama listed attacks on US bases and allies, American deaths, the hundreds of wounded, depleted missile stockpiles, and Iran’s “veto power over the Strait of Hormuz where oil goes through the world market.”
“This is the reason why the price of oil is up,” Obama emphasized, adding, “This is the reason why the price of just about everything is up.”
The Pentagon’s casualty database lists 21 US service members killed and 865 wounded since the war on Iran began on February 28, as of early October.
CNN reported that US forces used nearly 80% of their pre-war THAAD interceptors and about half their Patriot stock, and Reuters reported the US Army had exhausted much of its supply of long-range precision missiles.
The national average for regular gasoline was $4.27 a gallon on October 22, against $2.98 before the war, and diesel is up 68%, according to the Center for American Progress.
Obama turned to War Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying he is “squarely focused … on important matters, like the jawlines and testosterone levels of our troops.” He said Hegseth was also focused on “livestreaming executions, because that’s how he thinks you cultivate that manly, warrior spirit.”
“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking at himself in the mirror in the morning? You know he’s working his hair, because that’s how ‘warriors’ look,” he said.
“These are not serious people,” the former US president asserted.
Source: Al Mayadeen
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