In 2021, I commanded Task Group 56.7 under Combined Task Force 56 in the Fifth Fleet AOR — the same waters now at the center of Trump’s “Project Freedom” fiasco. I know what it takes to run operations in that environment.
This week, Saudi Arabia did something that should alarm every American; they shut the door on a U.S. military operation. Not because they turned against us, but because we never bothered to inform them let alone ask.
And they’re not alone. Spain. Italy. France. Poland. Austria. Switzerland. The list now stretches across two continents.
In this piece, I break down how we built this network over decades and how one administration is dismantling it in months.
