{"id":728474,"date":"2026-05-20T10:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/doomer-medias-iran-spin-is-blatantly-wrong-heres-how-to-sort-truth-from-lies\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:15:15","slug":"doomer-medias-iran-spin-is-blatantly-wrong-heres-how-to-sort-truth-from-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/doomer-medias-iran-spin-is-blatantly-wrong-heres-how-to-sort-truth-from-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Doomer media\u2019s Iran spin is blatantly wrong \u2014 here&#8217;s how to sort truth from lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab68128dc5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab68128dc5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/doomer-medias-iran-spin-is-blatantly-wrong-heres-how-to-sort-truth-from-lies\/#%E2%80%9CDoomer_medias_Iran_spin_is_blatantly_wrong_%E2%80%94_heres_how_to_sort_truth_from_lies%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Doomer media\u2019s Iran spin is blatantly wrong \u2014 here&#8217;s how to sort truth from lies&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDoomer_medias_Iran_spin_is_blatantly_wrong_%E2%80%94_heres_how_to_sort_truth_from_lies%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Doomer media\u2019s Iran spin is blatantly wrong \u2014 here&#8217;s how to sort truth from lies&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F05%2FIRNW1.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Gen. Colin Powell frequently advised his intelligence analysts, \u201cTell me what you know; tell me what you don\u2019t know; and then, based on what you really know and what you really don\u2019t know, tell me what you think is most likely to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His sage guidance is equally valid today \u2014 especially when it comes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> reporting on the war in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Going by the headlines, you\u2019d think the United States is losing.<\/p>\n<p>Iran, analyst Robert Kagan told us last week in The Atlantic, has effectively checkmated President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Really? After only 38 days of actual fighting?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be clear, Kagan got it wrong.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Yet he\u2019s not alone: For over a month now, many in the media have been writing the epitaph of a war that isn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoomsdaying\u201d \u2013\u2013 OK, not a word, but necessary here \u2013\u2013 is rapidly becoming Washington\u2019s favorite sport.<\/p>\n<p>And selling defeat, undoubtedly for partisan political purposes, is shamefully in vogue.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116596094940250402\">Trump is frustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, he fumed on Truth Social that even if the regime surrenders, with its leaders physically waving white flags, headlines will scream of Iran\u2019s \u201cMasterful and Brilliant Victory over The United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During World War II, Winston Churchill warned that truth must be protected by a bodyguard of lies.<\/p>\n<p>Today, far too many actors across the entire media spectrum are, wittingly or not, becoming the new bodyguard of lies.<\/p>\n<p>And most of the distortions they\u2019re spreading come courtesy of anonymous sources \u2014 such as the reports spread last week by major media outlets claiming Iran could still possess 75% of its missile and launcher capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Iran is the only beneficiary here.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, it\u2019s the enemy that creates the fog of war on the battlefield \u2014 yet now, social media is driving us to create our own media fog that only serves to aid Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>So how do we see through the mist of misdirection?<\/p>\n<p>First, by heeding Gen. Powell\u2019s guidance: Tell me what you know.<\/p>\n<p>That best knowledge comes from Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command.<\/p>\n<p>He is responsible for prosecuting the Iran operation and for achieving its assigned military objectives.<\/p>\n<p>His intelligence analysts and targeteers at CENTCOM, supported by the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, possess the most precise and up-to-date battle damage-assessment data.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, those data points do not come from anonymous sources within the Pentagon or the US intelligence community leaking undocumented or incomplete information.<\/p>\n<p>When Cooper testified last week before the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding the US military\u2019s posture in the Middle East, his comments differed starkly from the media\u2019s drumbeat of failure.<\/p>\n<p>Tellingly, his testimony aligned with what Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said days later, when he admitted that Iran \u201csuffered harm\u201d and that the regime must face the \u201creality\u201d of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper noted that \u201cCENTCOM rolled back 40 years of Iranian military investment\u201d during Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n<p>Doing so required 10,200 sorties and 13,500 strikes that \u201cdamaged or destroyed 85% of Iran\u2019s ballistic missile, drone and naval defense industrial base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He specified that 82% of Iran\u2019s air defense systems, \u201calong with their radar and command architecture were knocked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the United States sank 161 Iranian vessels, eliminating the regime as \u201ca maritime power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, he explained, Iran is losing.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Cooper said, \u201cIran retains nuisance capability \u2013\u2013 harassment, low-end drone and rocket attacks and residual proxy support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, even if those capabilities could be combined, they\u2019re insufficient to militarily checkmate or defeat the United States.<\/p>\n<p>And based on Cooper\u2019s sworn testimony, the US has multiple clear paths to tactical and strategic victory in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump resumes offensive military operations as he has threatened, CENTCOM must transition from conventional military targets to attack the regime\u2019s asymmetrical capabilities \u2014 its \u201cnuisance capability\u201d \u2014 and re-establish shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Light infantry, including paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, Army Rangers, Marines and Special Forces, would be deployed to secure the far side of the objective: the Iranian coastline.<\/p>\n<p>Raids and assaults would focus on destroying hidden speedboats, coastal defense batteries, drone launch sites and targets of opportunity observed by persistent surveillance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those operations would thwart Tehran\u2019s ability to counter US Navy minesweepers and countermine ships sent to open the shipping lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Destroying Iran\u2019s center of gravity, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its paramilitary forces will be the last heavy lift.<\/p>\n<p>That will require the help of allies, primarily Israel, whose defense forces are uniquely qualified \u2014 given Mossad assets on the ground \u2014 to continue decapitating Iran\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, they\u2019ll keep conducting asymmetric attacks on US and allied forces, giving the appearance of victory despite being on the cusp of defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, listen to solid sources like Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>As he testified, much of what\u2019s being reported in the media is \u201cnot accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Sweet served 30 years as a military intelligence officer. Mark Toth writes on national security and foreign policy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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