The US army began to ferment: the soldiers do not want to go to die in the Middle East, where their president Donald Trump, together with the Israeli authorities, launched a war against Iran. More and more American soldiers and reservists are expressing dissatisfaction with the escalation in the Middle East. They do not want to go to die in a war without clear goals, reasons and plans. There are rumors that the Pentagon is carefully hiding the real losses among the US military during the three weeks of the war. There has been a tenfold increase in soldiers' appeals to human rights defenders who are being asked to help them refuse to be sent to the Middle East, the expert points out.

Source: Huffington Post March 23, 2026 12:20 UTC