Posted on 05/14/2026 10:01:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
WASHINGTON D.C. (Worthy News) – Iran’s ability to threaten Israel, America’s regional allies, and U.S. personnel across the Middle East has been dramatically reduced, according to Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, who told a Senate committee Thursday that Tehran’s military reach has been severely weakened after recent U.S. operations.
“Iran has a significantly degraded threat, and they no longer threaten regional partners, or the United States, in ways that they were able to do before, across every domain,” Cooper said. “They’ve been significantly degraded.”
In one of the most striking assessments of the hearing, Cooper said Iran’s most dangerous terror proxies — Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen — have been cut off from Tehran’s weapons pipeline and support network.
“Today, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis are all cut-off from Iran’s weapons supply and support,” Cooper said, adding that the outcome “was not foreordained.”
The assessment marks a major strategic shift in the region. For decades, Iran has relied on its proxy armies to wage war against Israel, harass U.S. forces, destabilize Arab nations, and project power far beyond its borders. But Cooper told lawmakers that those transfer routes and supply methods have now been severed, sharply limiting Tehran’s ability to arm its terrorist allies.
Cooper said Iranian-backed groups carried out more than 350 attacks against U.S. troops and diplomats in the 30 months before the recent war — roughly one attack every three days — killing four American soldiers.
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Don’t think this is over. As of early 2026, Hezbollah’s missile arsenal is estimated to have between 11,000 and 25,000 rockets and missiles remaining. Despite heavy losses from Israeli strikes, they retain over 1,000 long-range missiles and continue to launch significant daily barrages. A lot of killing capacity. Despite the reductions, Hezbollah has maintained the ability to launch dozens to over 100 rockets and drones daily during the 2026 conflict, with notable barrages exceeding 200 in March 2026. So they have a backlog.
wy69
Not to mention Iran’s missile capacity is still 2/3 of what it was before the war.
Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis and IRGC have perfected digging in and living underground.
They’re like the Japanese on Okinawa.
And there’s only two ways to deal with it:
1. Flame throwers, dogs and bullets
2. Nuke the beating heart
The last Japanese soldier surrendered on Guam in January, 1972.
Yet the deep state, intelligence leakers keep showing up on the corporate media outlets saying Iran is as strong as ever. The fake news bunch is beyond repair.
Another briefing on how decimated the Iranian military is. I wonder where all those boats came from that were/are attacking ships in the Straits of Hormuz?
Poor Greta. She looks like a garden gnomes or one of those dwarf monkeys in the Wizard of Oz.
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