Unfortunately, I was not the commander of Operation Impact. However, from October 2018 to late November 2019—almost exactly a year ago—I led the establishment of, and executed and commanded, NATO Mission Iraq, which fell under Operation Impact for administrative purposes. I can speak at length on what we experienced over the course of the 13 months that I spent there. The geopolitical situation took a bit of a turn a couple of months later, and so I cannot comment specifically—
On November 20th, 2020. See this statement in context.