Marine General Kenneth McKenzie
Bloomberg: Top U.S. Commander Sees Iran ‘Disarray’ After Drone Strike
The top American commander in the Middle East says he sees Iran’s decision-making abilities in “disarray” after a U.S. drone strike killed a senior Iranian commander in January, but he doesn’t expect the lull to last.
After a surge in tensions earlier this year following the killing of Quds force commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, and additional damage done to the Islamic Republic from the Covid-19 pandemic, Marine General Kenneth McKenzie said he expects the Islamic Republic’s military to regroup and focus on trying to drive U.S. troops out of the region. Just not yet.
“Iran recognizes that we have the capability in the theater to make it very painful for them to launch a direct or indirect attack against either us or one of our partners or allies,” McKenzie, who heads U.S. Central Command, said in a telephone interview Thursday. “Right now, it is kind of quiet, but I think part of that is they’re still on their heels a little bit from January and I think they’re still sorting themselves out and what they want to do.”
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WNU Editor: Iran's focus is on the pandemic and the economic crisis that has gripped the country this year. The leadership will deal with the military when these immediate crisis are over.
2 comments:
Iran is on the verge of collapsing. Well that's make Iran more dangerous as any dictatorship will try to make war with an enemy for "reassembling" the people under the "defense of the country".
As my extensive experience in dealing with the sudden and unexpected loss of a key leader of an organization suggest s, it should take between three to twelve months for the organization to recover from this loss. In the case of Iran, I'd expect them to fully recover on 3 months and this is how I'd advise our leaders. Of course this situation is a bit different. Generally when a key leader is lost it isn't advertised to the world and when it is known customers allow a "grace period" for the company to adjust that will ladt from 2 weeks to six months depending upon the industry. In Iran's case, the world knew and would've allowed a six month recovery period. Since it only took Iran three months to recover, Iranian recovery is complete and with their numerous allies US sanctions aren't a concern and actually work in their favor.
So no Iran is not "on the verge of collapsing" not even close. Wishing a thing doesn't make it so. That description could well apply to the United States though.
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