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strikeJul 21, 2026
To Base or Not to Base: The Iran War Exposes Flaws of U.S. Bases in the Middle East | Council on Foreign Relations
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Rising U.S. Casualties in the Iran War Should Force a Rethink of Middle East Bases U.S. military installations across the Gulf sit within easy range of Iranian missiles, a legacy of basing decisions made when U.S. forces faced far less capable adversaries.
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Rising U.S. Casualties in the Iran War Should Force a Rethink of Middle East Bases U.S. military installations across the Gulf sit within easy range of Iranian missiles, a legacy of basing decisions made when U.S. forces faced far less capable adversaries. As the war exposes that…
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