Unease is growing in the military. The Iran war made it worse
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
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Summary
Unease is growing in the ranks of the US military.
Since President Trump began his second term, his controversial use of the armed forces both at home and abroad has left some service members unsettled and demoralized.
The Iran war made those feelings worse.
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| 0:00.0 | After returning to office, President Trump did not waste time, leaning into his role as commander-in-chief. |
| 0:06.7 | He decided to use the National Guard to bolster immigration enforcement. |
| 0:11.1 | President Trump is sending 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles. |
| 0:16.2 | Officers from more than a dozen federal agencies have converged on Memphis, Tennessee. |
| 0:20.3 | Hundreds of National Guard troops have arrived in Illinois. |
| 0:23.1 | Those troops sent to Chicago were not there just to support the ICE operation, |
| 0:27.7 | the administration referred to as Operation Midway Blitz. |
| 0:31.8 | The president said they were also there to fight crime. |
| 0:35.0 | Then the Trump administration set its sights on Venezuela, striking Venezuelan |
| 0:40.0 | boats and claiming this was in the name of preventing illegal drugs from entering the U.S. |
| 0:45.7 | President Trump announced the U.S. had carried out a strike in the Southern Caribbean against a |
| 0:51.5 | drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela. |
| 0:54.3 | President Trump announced early this morning that U.S. forces have carried out what he called a |
| 0:59.3 | large-scale strike against Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro. |
| 1:04.5 | Then came the end of February. |
| 1:07.0 | The United States and Israel have carried out joint airstrikes against Iran today. |
| 1:12.4 | The president who spent nearly a decade promising to end forever wars went to war with Iran. |
| 1:19.3 | I just don't believe in what the military stands for, what we're doing. |
| 1:24.7 | I think we're on the wrong path. |
| 1:27.4 | Consider this, President Trump has been using the U.S. military in new and aggressive ways. |
| 1:33.3 | How is it affecting the troops? |
| 1:36.7 | From NPR. |
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