Countries need American bases to protect themselves from American terrorists

This is no more than the fox asking the farmer to allow it to guard the hen house. It is a silly joke undoubtedly but seriously is more a ploy by the USA to be sold to the 'dull of mind'. How much is to be paid for the escorting I just wonder. Trump saw the collection of tolls by Iran and is perhaps taking a leaf to make money doing the escorting, lol.

Actually, such a move is no different from the USA forcing countries to allow the USA to have military bases on their soil to protect them from the USA itself. Laughter is indeed the best medicine, now that the Gulf oil producers have seen the reality from the fantasy. Those USA bases not only did not protect them, but it was an invitation for Iran to target them when the war started. Now, what can thirteen USA military bases do? Probably evacuated with even the soldiers now needing protection from Iranian missiles.

Sometime, living too long under a fantasy will continue to be stuck in the mud, until the shit hits the fan. But it is not too late for the Gulf countries to see the woods for the trees. It is time to depend on a collective defense umbrella than rely on a fake sense of security provided by the USA. The best defense is still not to create trouble against close neighbors. Live and let live and allow differences to be sorted out diplomatically, not always brandishing the gun at everyone and using threats to win an argument.


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