A US withdrawal from Gulf bases would hand Iran a strategic win while doing nothing to reduce missile threats.
Browsing: Withdrawal
Decades of military overreach and the Iran war prove the US Middle East strategy must end with full withdrawal.
Five years after withdrawal, the Afghanistan reckoning exposes how exaggerated terror fears trapped America in a costly war that ended in Taliban victory.
Why US Middle East bases are disadvantage: they create threat, not counter it. Time to retrench.
Iran war shows perils of US Mideast bases: sitting targets, drag region into conflict. Time to close.
US troop withdrawal from Iraq faces uncertainty amid war; forces remain exposed, strategically vulnerable.
Syria is not Libya—it retains a state—but could become one if the world looks away: consolidate authority before withdrawal.
The U.S. plans to complete its military withdrawal from Iraq by September 2026, with NATO advisers likely leaving at the same time.
Sadr’s 2022 withdrawal was a strategic repositioning; through social activism, his movement remains influential and poised for a comeback.
U.S. cuts to humanitarian aid and refugee programs are devastating Afghans, abandoning allies and millions dependent on American assistance for survival.