One of the tasks of military intelligence is bomb damage assessment. In other words, did the thing we wanted to destroy get destroyed? This is critically important information that enables future operations planning. For example, if you bombed missile launch sites one day, can operations be safely conducted in that area, or were inconsequential storage sheds hit and all the launchers are still there?
So, when journalists are publishing pictures of “the still-smoking operations center at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait”, they’re performing a valuable military intelligence function for Iran. If they could act with a little more self restraint, maybe even a touch of national interest, this problem wouldn’t exist.
Whether or not you agree with the decision to attack Iran (for the record I DON'T agree with it) the fact remains that the conflict is ongoing. If your standard for force protection and conflict in general is that it's only important when we all agree with the conflict, it should be easy to see why that isn't workable.
One of the tasks of military intelligence is bomb damage assessment. In other words, did the thing we wanted to destroy get destroyed? This is critically important information that enables future operations planning. For example, if you bombed missile launch sites one day, can operations be safely conducted in that area, or were inconsequential storage sheds hit and all the launchers are still there?
So, when journalists are publishing pictures of “the still-smoking operations center at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait”, they’re performing a valuable military intelligence function for Iran. If they could act with a little more self restraint, maybe even a touch of national interest, this problem wouldn’t exist.
The problem would also not exist had the Iran not been attacked without reason...just saying.
That has nothing to do with my comment.
Whether or not you agree with the decision to attack Iran (for the record I DON'T agree with it) the fact remains that the conflict is ongoing. If your standard for force protection and conflict in general is that it's only important when we all agree with the conflict, it should be easy to see why that isn't workable.
To assume Iran has no access to imagery is just silly