The 2019-2020 Iran Crisis And US Military Deployments – Analysis

By Kathleen J. McInnis*

The January 2, 2020, U.S. drone strike against Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, the subsequent Iranian counter-strike on bases hosting U.S. personnel in Iraq, and recent deployments of U.S. military forces to the Middle East have prompted widespread concerns about whether the United States is...