Command decisions: CENTCOM chief Brad Cooper's ups and downs in shaping Trump's war on Iran
While US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make their next decisions on Iran and the Middle East conflict strategy, The Jerusalem Post now reveals the major impact that US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Adm. Brad Cooper has had in this regard.
MILITARY AFFAIRS: New revelations on Iran's Hormuz blockade, Cooper's secret call to Zamir, US base vulnerabilities, missile threats, and CENTCOM's influence on the war's strategic goals.
Yonah Jeremy Bob / THE JERUSALEM POST
In April, the Post reported that Cooper has, in some ways, taken a more passive role than his predecessor, Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, in communicating his broad strategy views to Trump, preferring instead to convey them to US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Dan Caine.
The Post can now add that, at times, some say that Cooper conveys views directly to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio or to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, along with Caine, depending on the issue.
Cooper, the Post understands, views this as his proper role as a theater combat commander and says communicating with these top officials, rather than Trump, lets him get his concerns heard at the highest decision-making levels. Read more, and see photos here.
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