Gen Joseph L. Votel, then Commander of U.S. Central Command, delivered a sobering and strategic assessment of the global security environment before Congress.
Grand Rapids, MI -- In early 1977 I returned from 3 years in Germany. I became the Middle East War Planner for US Readiness Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. Iran was our ally against the Soviet Union. Western companies worked in Iran to develop their oil industry...