Daniel Davis Deep Dive @DanielLDavis1:

Daniel Davis Deep Dive@DanielLDavis1:

I can no longer say I suffer from shock, but I am deeply disappointed, if not angered, by the continuing humiliation of the senior flag officer corps in the United States of America, as now General McKenzie humiliates himself with this absurd suggestion about KHARG Island.

Only someone who is a complete neophyte on Iranian issues — and can definitely NOT read the room after the millions of Iranian people came out to mourn and show their anger at the United States after the assassination of the supreme leader — would ever even *suggest* that holding a piece of terrain in the northern part of the Persian Gulf would somehow cause the government in Tehran to tremble and submit to Washington.

Even if possession could be maintained, it has no bearing on control of the SOH, and one wonders if the General is even aware of that.

But much more to the point, to even make such an effort would be near suicide for every American we would send there, as they would be pulverized, within range of nearly every weapon system Iran has. We would not hold the terrain, we would suffer tremendous military casualties, and would still fail to pry the SOH loose from Iranian hands.

It is a disgrace to the senior officer corps in America that he even makes such a claim.

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