Many of us have been saying this from the start. But now that CENTCOM is actually asking, Melanie Phillips answered.
My message to CENTCOM
How America can get out of its fix over Iran
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By: Melanie Phillips, Aug 4, 2026:
CENTCOM is soliciting ideas “for new, creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran”.
It turns out that this is not satire. After five months of war, America’s top military brass apparently hasn’t got a clue how to defeat Iran. They’re stuck, and scratching their heads. And now, thanks to an internal message that was bound to find its way into the media, the entire world knows that too.
CENTCOM’s appeal, made by an officer in its intelligence branch, was sent to its own troops.
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