🔸Axios reported on Sunday that Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, has recommended that the campaign to bomb Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz be halted, because the operations have reached their ceiling of effectiveness.

🔸The outlet, citing two informed sources, wrote that the assessment by the commander of CENTCOM was presented in a briefing session with Donald Trump, and indicates that both civilian officials and U.S. military commanders have arrived at the conclusion that the achievements of a military campaign, especially airstrikes, have specific limitations.

🔸According to these sources, Cooper’s recommendation, alongside the views of other advisers, was influential in Donald Trump’s decision on Friday to suspend U.S. attacks on Iran. 🔸Previously, The New York Times and CNN, in reports, said that the “concerns” of J.D. Vance, the vice president of the United States, and General Keane, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about reduced inventories of Patriot interceptor missiles and the consequences of expanding the war—especially for America’s Arab allies in the region—had played a role in the decision to temporarily stop U.S. attacks after 13 nights of bombardment