达娜·斯特劳尔告诉福克斯新闻数字版，美军当前的兵力部署能够执行特朗普总统下达的任何命令
作者：艾玛·布西
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发布时间：2026年2月22日 美国东部时间晚上10:32
福克斯新闻首席国家安全记者詹妮弗·格里芬在《美国报道》节目中报道了美伊紧张局势的最新发展。
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前五角大楼高级官员称，美国在中东发动了近期最大规模军事集结之一后，已做好针对伊朗的”高动能”行动准备。
现任华盛顿近东政策研究所研究主任的达娜·斯特劳尔周日做出上述评估，当时华盛顿和德黑兰正准备在阿曼举行第二轮间接核谈判。
“如果特朗普总统下令，美军已准备好进行持续的、高动能的军事行动，同时也准备保卫中东的盟友和伙伴免受伊朗导弹的袭击，”斯特劳尔向福克斯新闻数字版表示。
“美军可以从世界各地迅速重新部署资产，并在短时间内向一个战区部署压倒性的致命力量，”她强调道，”没有任何盟友或敌人能够复制我们在此次[当前军事集结]中展现的实力。”
特朗普对伊朗的军事集结规模堪比2003年伊拉克战争，紧张局势升级
世界最大军舰、美国航空母舰”杰拉尔德·R·福特”号于2025年9月17日离开挪威涅索登和比格多的奥斯陆峡湾。（NTB/Lise Aserud via Reuters）
斯特劳尔描述了当前态势与2025年6月针对伊朗核目标的军事打击有何不同，称美军已扩充了进攻和防御能力。
“去年夏天12天的战争和’午夜锤子’行动期间，有两艘美国航空母舰及其随行舰艇和空中联队驻扎在中东，”她解释道。
“福特号的加入非常重要，如果我们与伊朗开战，它将扩大美国的进攻能力，”她说。
虽然2025年6月，美军对伊朗核设施执行了有限但精准的打击，摧毁关键设施却未引发地区战争，但斯特劳尔表示，当前兵力部署更为广泛且持久。
她解释称，美军还在该地区”增加了导弹驱逐舰、战斗机、加油机和防空系统的数量”。
特朗普称伊朗有15天时间达成协议，否则将面临”不幸”后果
2024年8月10日，隶属于打击战斗机中队（VFA）41的F/A-18F”超级大黄蜂”准备在太平洋”亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航空母舰的飞行甲板上进行拦阻着陆。（美国海军/大众传播 Specialist Seaman Apprentice Daniel Kimmelman/Reuters）
“杰拉尔德·R·福特”号和”亚伯拉罕·林肯”号等航空母舰的部署已具有更高的战略重要性。
据追踪，”杰拉尔德·R·福特”号最近向东穿越直布罗陀海峡，而”亚伯拉罕·林肯”号正在阿拉伯海执行任务。
“它们都将部署到美国中央司令部中东战区，”斯特劳尔解释道，”具体可能是一艘在东地中海，另一艘在波斯湾。这可能基于可用性、战备状态和与中东的距离等多种因素。”
“[福特号原本正在返航]并被命令掉头，”她补充说。
尽管出于作战安全考虑，航母的具体目的地未公开，但它们的存在本身就发出了升级威慑的信号。
威特科夫警告伊朗距获得”制造武器材料”只有一周，特朗普权衡行动
2026年2月6日，在阿曼首都马斯喀特，美国驻中东特别代表史蒂夫·维特科夫和美国谈判代表贾里德·库什纳与阿曼外交大臣赛义德·巴德尔·哈马德·布赛义迪会面，为美伊谈判做准备。（阿曼外交部/Anadolu via Getty Images）
军事集结之际，美伊间接外交谈判仍在继续，2月26日阿曼再次担任调解人。
斯特劳尔认为，伊朗领导层正试图在边缘政策与谈判之间取得平衡。
“伊朗领导人试图通过炫耀自身能力、进行备战演习来虚张声势，这实际上是在打一手弱牌，”她声称，”他们试图通过谈判来拖延局势。但任何人都不应幻想美国的主导地位——伊朗在常规军事能力方面完全处于劣势。”
为长期战争而建：美军在中东部署的火力情况
2025年6月24日，伊朗德黑兰革命广场，伊朗民众庆祝与以色列12天战争停火后，装备精良的NOPO特种警察部队在现场执勤。（NEGAR/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images）
“以色列去年一天内就控制了伊朗领空，打击了多名伊朗安全领导人，摧毁了其一半导弹 arsenal，而美国则显著阻碍了伊朗核项目的进展，”斯特劳尔指出。
伊朗长期在该地区培养的代理网络（包括真主党、伊拉克什叶派民兵和叙利亚境内势力），在以色列持续军事压力下已被削弱。
“经过两年多的以色列行动，伊朗在该地区长期培养的代理网络已被瓦解，去年夏天他们也拒绝参战支持伊朗防御，”斯特劳尔解释道。
“无论伊朗领导人说什么，伊朗都无法在几个月内重建长达数十年的军事项目。”
“话虽如此，美军有能力执行特朗普总统下达的任何命令，”她强调，”这不是军事准备的问题，而是政治决策的问题。”
艾玛·布西是福克斯新闻数字版的突发新闻撰稿人。加入福克斯之前，她曾在《每日电讯报》美国晚间团队工作，负责外交、政治、新闻、体育和文化等多个领域。
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US assets in Middle East positioned for ‘highly kinetic’ war, ex-Pentagon official warns
Dana Stroul tells Fox News Digital that current force posture in position to execute whatever orders President Trump gives
By Emma Bussey
Fox News
Published February 22, 2026 10:32pm EST
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The U.S. is in position for a “highly kinetic” campaign against Iran after launching one of its largest recent military buildups in the Middle East, a former senior Pentagon official has claimed.
Dana Stroul, now research director at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, made the assessment Sunday as Washington and Tehran prepare for a second round of indirect nuclear talks in Oman.
“The US military is ready for a sustained, highly kinetic campaign should President Trump order it, and also prepared to defend allies and partners in the Middle East from Iran’s missiles,” Stroul told Fox News Digital.
“The US military can rapidly reposition assets from all over the world and deploy overwhelmingly lethal force in a short period of time to one theater,” she said before highlighting how there is “no ally or enemy capable of what we have seen from the US in this [current buildup.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IRAN BUILDUP MIRRORS 2003 IRAQ WAR SCALE AS TENSIONS ESCALATE
The world’s largest warship, U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on its way out of the Oslofjord at Nesodden and Bygdoy, Norway, September 17, 2025.(NTB/Lise Aserud via Reuters)
Describing how the current posture differs from the June 2025 strikes on Iranian-linked nuclear targets, Stroul said the U.S. has expanded its offensive and defensive capabilities.
“Two US aircraft carriers and their accompanying vessels and air wings were stationed in the Middle East last summer during the 12-day war and the US operation Midnight Hammer,” she explained.
“The addition of the Ford is really important, it expands US offensive capabilities if we go to war with Iran,” she said.
While in June 2025, the US carried out limited but highly targeted strikes against Iranian nuclear infrastructure to degrade key facilities without triggering a regional war, now, Stroul said the force posture is broader and more sustained.
The US has also “increased the number of guided-missile destroyers, fighter aircraft, refuelers, and air defense systems” in the region, she explained.
TRUMP SAYS IRAN HAS 15 DAYS TO REACH A DEAL OR FACE ‘UNFORTUNATE’ OUTCOME
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 10, 2024. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Daniel Kimmelman/Reuters)
The deployment of aircraft carriers such as the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln has assumed heightened strategic importance.
The USS Gerald R. Ford was recently tracked transiting the Strait of Gibraltar eastward, while the USS Abraham Lincoln is operating in the Arabian Sea.
“They will both be in the Middle East CENTCOM theater,” Stroul explained before clarifying that there could be “one in the eastern Mediterranean and the other in the Arabian Gulf.”
“There would probably be a combination of reasons for that based on availability, readiness, proximity to the Middle East.
“[The Ford was heading home] and directed to turn around,” she added.
While the specific destinations of the carriers have not been publicly disclosed for operational security reasons, their presence alone signals escalatory leverage and deterrence.
WITKOFF WARNS IRAN IS ‘A WEEK AWAY’ FROM ‘BOMB-MAKING MATERIAL’ AS TRUMP WEIGHS ACTION
Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, US President Donald Trump’s Special Representative for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff and U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner meet ahead of the US-Iran talks, in Muscat, the capital of Oman, on February 06, 2026.(f Oman, on FebruarOman Foreign Ministry/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The military buildup comes as indirect diplomatic talks between Washington and Tehran continue, with Oman once again serving as a mediator Feb. 26.
Stroul argued that Iran’s leadership is trying to balance brinkmanship with negotiation.
“Iran’s leaders are playing a weak hand by combining saber-rattling about their own capabilities, staging preparations and exercises to signal readiness,” she claimed.
“They are attempting to slow this down by [pursuing negotiations]. No one should be under any illusions about the reality of US dominance — Iran is completely outmatched in conventional terms,” Stroul said.
BUILT FOR WEEKS OF WAR: INSIDE THE FIREPOWER THE US HAS POSITIONED IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Armed NOPO special police units are on the scene as Iranians take to the streets in the downtown Enghelab (Revolution) Square in Tehran, Iran on June 24, 2025, to celebrate the ceasefire after a 12-day war with Israel.(NEGAR/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
“Israel dominated Iranian airspace in one day last year, targeted many of Iran’s security leaders, took out half of its missile arsenal, and the US significantly set back its nuclear program,” Stroul said.
Iran’s long-cultivated network of proxies across the region — including Hezbollah, Shiite militias in Iraq, and elements in Syria — has also been weakened after sustained Israeli military pressure.
“Iran’s long-cultivated network of proxies across the region is degraded after more than two years of Israeli operations, and they declined to enter the war and support Iran’s defense last summer,” Stroul explained.
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“No matter what Iran’s leaders say, Iran is not able to rebuild a decades-long project in a few months.”
“That said, the US military is in a position to execute whatever orders President Trump gives,” she said. “It is not a question of military readiness, but a political decision.”
Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.
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