The arrival of additional American warships will put even greater pressure on Iran and provide Adm. Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, and other senior military leaders with more options should negotiations fail, said James Foggo, a retired Navy admiral and dean at the Center for Maritime Strategy in Northern Virginia.
“The more tools you have got in your kit, the more diversity of options that you have,” Foggo said, calling the injection of additional forces “a reserve capacity, in the event that things go south.”
Center for Maritime Strategy
Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.) | Quoted by Dan Lamothe
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Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dean