On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Gen. Frank McKenzie (ret.), who served as head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) under Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden, said we will respond decisively. He said that it was not in accordance with the pledge. Prohibit acts of aggression and hold accountable those who attack U.S. forces.
Before his interview with McKenzie, host Wolf Blitzer said Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “We will respond decisively to any invasion, and we will hold accountable those who attack our troops.” I played the video you mentioned. We will do it at a time and place of our choosing. ”
During the interview, Blitzer said, “You were in charge of the Middle East operation, called U.S. Army Central Command, under both President Biden and President Trump. How would you advise this administration to do that?”
Mackenzie replied: “Well, Wolf, I think we start by recognizing that if we want to prevent escalation, we need to leave the theater. We need to get out. It is clear that it is not our main goal. Therefore, we need to accept the fact that escalation may occur in connection with this. Next what I want to say is that Secretary Blinken’s words are very powerful, very forceful, very to the point. We need them to take action, but we need to move forward with this deadly attack, and these three We did not do that during the 150 or so attacks in which we lost brave Americans.”
to follow Ian Hanchett’s Twitter @Ian Hanchett
