U.S. Central Command Chief Says About 50,000 U.S. Troops Are Deployed in the Middle East

According to Wallstreetcn, U.S. Central Command Commander Brad Cooper said on August 28 that about 50,000 U.S. troops are currently deployed in the Middle East, many of them carrying out a maritime blockade of Iran, and that more than 20 warships have maintained the blockade since it resumed in mid-July.