CERL Executive Board member General (ret.) Joseph L. Votel comments on Iran’s impending missile strike and joint Israeli-U.S. preparations to counter the attack, along with Hezbollah’s military capabilities, the strike on Damascus, and the reality of a wider regional war in the Middle East, in an interview by CBC’s Natasha Fatah.

General (ret.) Joseph L. Votel is the former Commander of the U.S. Central Command. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow on National Security at the Middle East Institute and a member of the CERL Executive Board. Read his bio here.

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