US Military Prepped for 'Years' for Iran Ground Invasion, Former Centcom Chief Reveals
On Sunday, General Frank McKenzie, the former chief of US Central Command, confirmed that the United States military has been developing plans for a ground invasion of Iran for 'many years.' This disclosure comes as the US is overtly engaging in joint military exercises with Israel, further escalating tensions in a region already destabilized by continuous foreign interference. Mainstream outlets
like The Hill, in their reports on McKenzie's statement, frame such contingency planning as a routine 'consideration of options,' failing to connect these long-term military preparations to the current bellicose rhetoric and actions against Tehran. This framing suggests a passive, defensive US posture, rather than revealing a consistent pattern of aggressive forethought. They omit any mention of
similar long-standing plans that preceded the 2003 invasion of Iraq or the interventions in Afghanistan, where supposed defensive measures quickly morphed into full-scale occupations. The revelation that US military leadership has been preparing for a ground assault on Iran for years aligns with a documented history of US-Israeli coordination aimed at Tehran, predating even the revocation of the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by the Trump administration in 2018. This is not a new development, but a sustained policy. For instance, the US provided substantial intelligence and logistical support to Israel in its initial Stuxnet cyber-attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities, first detected in 2010. This was not merely an ‘option’ but an active, undeclared act of war,