Trump’s war messaging disturbing to veterans.

Note this report is from France, not an American hard-left campaigner.

Treating the war as cheap entertainment won't be helped by the President's much-publicised lack of military experience - despite his honorary "Commander-in-Chief" title. A real C-in-C with conflict experience would not allow his Press team to do that.

Nor helped by the war-loving Peter Hegseth (he who changed his official title to "Secretary of State for War) publicly admitting treating the attack on Iran as the actions of a bully ("hitting them while they are down") and adding that "is how it should be".

He's also wrong in fact, of course. Iran had struck back, hard, as only to be expected; and despite heavy losses of military assets and personnel, is far from down.

Hegseth has served some Army time; but most of the US Services people are well-trained, well-armed and courageous. Those with battle experience know war is cold-blooded, large-scale murder; will have seen and done appalling things; have seen their compatriots injured or killed alongside them; may have come home very badly damaged mentally and physically. I am not surprised they are offended by being equated to video-game characters.