US army commander boasts operation in Iran 'double the scale' of Iraq invasion

US army commander boasts operation in Iran 'double the scale' of Iraq invasion The US military commander in the Middle East said that American forces struck about 2,000 targets in Iran.   "We have severely degraded Iran's air defenses and destroyed hundreds of Iran's ballistic missiles, launchers and drones," Admiral Brad Cooper of US Central Command said. "The first 24 hours of this operation were nearly double the scale" of the first day of shock-and-awe strikes on Iraq in 2003, "and we continue with 24/7 strikes into Iran," he added.