Exclusive Interview: Former CENTCOM Commander Weighs in on 'Deterrence' Before Drone Strike in Jordan

Exclusive Interview: Former CENTCOM Commander Weighs in on ‘Deterrence’ Before Drone Strike in Jordan

ADAISSEH, LEBANON – OCTOBER 1, 2020: On a roadside billboard near the 11km concrete wall built by Israelis in 2018 designed to protect Israeli communities from Hezbollah infiltrations appears photos of Qasem Soleimani commander of Iran’s Quds Force (C) killed by a US drone attack along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who was an Iraqi politician and military commander (L) in Baghdad airport and Imad Fayez Mughniyeh who was the founding member of Lebanon’s Islamic Jihad Organization and number two in Hezbollah’s leader who was assassinated in Syria allegedly by the CIA and Mossad on OCTOBER 1, 2020 in Adaisseh, Lebanon. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)

Posted: January 28th, 2024

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – U.S. President Joe Biden is blaming Iran for a drone strike in Jordan that killed three U.S. service members and wounded dozens more over the weekend.

The news comes on the heels of an exclusive Subscriber+ interview with former CENTCOM Commander General Frank McKenzie (Ret.) who, in a briefing on global events last Wednesday, talked to The Cipher Brief about deterrence saying, “Even before Hamas’ October 7th attack, Iranian forces were launching missile and drone strikes on our bases across the region, acting through proxies that gave them a measure of deniability. Our response has consistently been tentative, overly signaled, and unfocused.”

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