Iran is a problem, not just for the Middle East but the world. They are inarguably the world’s number-one state sponsor of Islamic terror. They are a brutal theocracy – it’s tempting to say thugocracy – ruled by a cabal of Bronze-Age barbarians led by a vicious Shiite fundamentalist.
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) is the command with responsibility over that part of the globe that includes the Middle East. That would include, of course, Iran. General Frank McKenzie, now retired, the former commander of CENTCOM, believes that Iran’s leadership is growing increasingly desperate – and he makes some good points.
Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” former CENTCOM commander Frank McKenzie, now retired, said: “Iran is the country that’s in a corner. Their strike against Israel several nights ago was not particularly successful. Their principal ally in the region,…