US Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper clashed with Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton during a heated House hearing on the US war with Iran.
Moulton, a former US Marine Corps officer who served in Iraq, questioned the administration’s strategy and asked how the United States planned to “actually win this war”, saying it felt as though “we are losing”.
Moulton pointed to the absence of a nuclear agreement with Iran and continued disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the conflict “doesn’t seem to be going well”.
Cooper, who earlier said the US had achieved all of its military objectives and remained prepared for multiple contingencies despite the ceasefire, responded angrily and called Moulton’s remarks “an entirely inappropriate statement”.
Cooper also declined to accept responsibility for the 28 February attack on a school in Iran that reportedly killed about 170 people, most of them children.
