WHERE HAVE ALL THE BODIES GONE?

LONG TIME LYING

• The United States currently has over 40,000 soldiers deployed across 10 countries in the Middle East.

• A majority of U.S. bases and military assets in and around the Persian Gulf were hit by Iranian retaliatory airstrikes. Source: Visualcapitalist.com

Phantom Bodies? Hidden Bodies? Non-Existent Bodies? Who knows? Here is what IS known:

As you can see from the above graphic, American bases in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, as well as other places, have all been targeted by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the American/Israeli illegal, unconstitutional attacks following February 28, 2026.

The US War Department, indeed, the entire Trump regime, claim that as of June 11, 2026, there were only 13-15 servicemen killed in action. And only 413–538 wounded. and only 0-2 missing in action (or deserted).

Yet, pictures and videos depict massive explosions of incoming Iranian missiles and drones striking these bases. Indeed, news reports stated that many US servicemen felt so unsafe staying at their posts on the 27 bases repeatedly attacked that they moved into hotels and other civilian structures to escape death and injury. Iran, knowing where they were hiding, then struck those buildings, inflicting losses.

According to Novaramedia April 3, 2026, the US military is refusing to disclose the true extent of the casualties it has suffered across West Asia since the start of its illegal war on Iran. It went on to say “An analysis by The Intercept put the number of soldiers killed or injured since February 28 at just under 750, but the Pentagon refused to acknowledge this figure to the outlet, while other military officials offered outdated casualty numbers. One anonymous defense official accused the US military of engaging in a “casualty cover-up”.

However, Press TV commented that, as of March 17, 2026, there were 200 dead US soldiers, plus 3000 more wounded in the first week of the savage Ramadan assault on the Islamic Republic. (Casualty figures do not include contractors, who are often mercenaries.)

On April 12, 2026, Greek News On Demand quoted George Galloway, the British politician (now in exile) as saying that there were really 13,000 casualties.

Where’s the Truth? Obviously somewhere in hiding. You’d think that the falsehoods would quickly be outed. After all, there is only one mortuary for all the American Armed Forces. And that’s located at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware.

According to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, “The sequence of the dignified transfer starts with the fallen being returned to Dover AFB by the most expedient means possible, which typically includes a stop at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It is the Department of Defense's policy, and AFMAO's mission, to return America's fallen to their loved ones as quickly as possible. Once the aircraft lands at Dover AFB, service-specific carry teams remove the transfer cases individually from the aircraft and move them to an awaiting transfer vehicle. The vehicle(s) then transport the fallen to the mortuary facility for positive identification by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System and preparation for their final resting place.”

Well, wouldn’t you think that, with all the bodies being transferred to their families, someone would talk? Someone would ask questions? That planeloads of bodies would cause inquiries? Nope. Yet, nothing can be found online about the number of flights into Dover AFB from Ramstein or elsewhere.

Being, ‘satiably curious, just like Kipling’s Elephant’s Child, I started asking questions of organizations that should know of, or, at least, keep track of dead and wounded American servicemen. And mirabile dictu, no one answered my simple question: I am a journalist investigating the discrepancy between the actual casualties versus the Trump regime's list of minimal casualties in the US/Israeli war against Iran. If you can't help me, could you direct me to someone or some organization that could? (I included my email and my telephone number).

Here’s the list of the wretched supporters, through their silence, of the Trump regime:

• American Legion

• Veterans of Foreign Wars

• American Veterans Committee

• Blue Star Mothers (6,000 mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, foster mothers and female legal guardians who have children serving in the military, guard or reserves, or children who are veterans.)

• Gold Star Mothers of Ameria (American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. are Mothers whose children died while on active-duty military service or died as a result of that service or are missing in action.)

  

Conspiracy of Silence or Censorship? Who’s to know? Are people silent because the dead are eventually flown all over the country and no one can connect the dots? Are the families willfully ignorant? Have they been threatened with loss of substantial benefits if they talk?

• Burial benefits for the deceased servicemember, which include a gravesite in any VA national cemetery with available space, perpetual care of the grave at no cost to the family, a government headstone or marker, Presidential Memorial Certificate, and a U.S. burial flag.

• Dependency and Indemnity Compensation at the monthly rate of $1,154 for a surviving spouse, with additional benefits for dependent children.

• Life insurance, which most military members carry at the highest level, $400,000. Source: Department of Veterans Affairs.

Or, in the most horrible concept imaginable, is the Trump regime simply holding the deceased servicemen in cold storage until it is politically safe for the US government to release them?

COMMENT. Americans broadly oppose President Trump’s handling of the war — only Republicans approve. “A majority of Americans disapprove of how President Trump has handled the US military campaign against Iran, including nearly half (45%) who strongly disapprove. A large majority (79%) of Democrats and plurality (45%) of Independents strongly disapprove. In contrast, most Republicans approve of how Trump has handled the war, including about half who strongly approve.” (Instituteforglobalaffairs.org.)

In my view, the above-named organizations most concerned with veterans’ affairs and dead servicemen should go out of existence. They are helping keep the lid on an operation that is slowly but surely destroying the world economy to such an extent that cannot be imagined—and which is virtually unstoppable. (Cf. my June 4 article What Have Trumpelstiltskin and Satanyahu Wrought?) Totting up the dead and wounded would help bring pressure on the corrupt, incompetent, and illegitimate “government” that is wrecking the US and the rest of the world—for the sake of Zionism.

Israel et Civitates Foederatae Americae delenda sunt.

J. Michael Springmann is an attorney, author, political commentator, and former diplomat, with postings to Germany, India, and Saudi Arabia. He previously authored, Visas for Al Qaeda: CIA Handouts That Rocked the World: An Insider’s View, recounting how the U.S. created and used Islamic Terrorism. Additionally, he penned Goodbye, Europe? Hello, Chaos? Merkel’s Migrant Bomb, an analysis of the alien wave sweeping the Continent. He currently practices law in the Washington D.C. Area. Internationally recognized as a knowledgeable pundit, he is a frequent commentator on Arab, Iranian, and Russian news programs.

Blacklisted by the US news media, he is also on the Ukraine’s “Enemies List”, having questioned, inter alia, that country’s refusal to honor the Minsk Accords and for stating that its government is Nazified.