I don't even know if false flags would work anymore. The comments under every attack they try to blame Iran is filled with people calling it a false flag or blaming mossad.

Those in power can't really capture the media the way they used to, nobody watches the news, anymore, nobody even listens to what the government has to say.

I didn't even watch Biden speaking until like his last state of the union only to watch how fried his brain was.

I don't think people will be as easily fooled as they have been in the past, they might have a monopoly on mainstream media but there are plenty of independent sources that are much more easily accessible than they were 20 years ago thanks to technology.

"Iran thinks they're so smart with their nearly limitless $9,000 drones! Just wait 'til we hit them with our supply of uncs whose wills are too broken to effectively resist our conscription teams! With enough waves, Iran's humanity and sense of decency will force them to meet our demands"

Until there's a new draft and a renewal of mass "stop loss"ing of those already enlisted, it won't matter.

Voluntary enlistments aren't going to be enough warm bodies, no matter what the standards are changed to.

if they were to try and implement a false flag attack on a civilian center and blame Iran, I think that would probably bolster enlistment rates, but not at any level that would make a discernible difference

9/11 didnt even cause that many people to enlist. Like 40k over a decade or more. Not really impressive in a country of 350 million. And that was at the height of amerikan exceptionalism and jingoism. Nobody cares anymore.