It's funny how this "war" is entirely in the dark.

I have numerous memories from various conflicts of embedded reporters giving updates on the ground, often times not far behind fighting. That's not to mention the usual reporting from reporters who were in theater intentionally, standing on their hotel balcony in a flak vest and Kevlar helmet showing explosions, lines of tracers from anti-aircraft fire ect ect going on behind them.

There's none of that here. We're entirely beholden on the administration for information with near zero ability to confirm the accuracy of what we're being told.

IMO that's a pretty chilling indication of how far down an authoritarian road we've gone.