U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly suspended a planned military operation in the Strait of Hormuz, known as “Project Freedom,” citing what he described as “great progress” in talks with Iran.
I don’t see how they get them back at this point. Even CNN has now showed that they’re completely flattened, so the rebuilding alone would take years even if the Gulf states agreed. It’s not even clear that the US has the technological capacity to build stuff like the radar arrays they had today. And ultimately what would even be the point given that Iran has shown they can destroy these bases any time they want. The whole security umbrella was premised on the idea that US could take out incoming attacks, but now everybody can see that they can’t.
If the US can’t use their proxy bases in the ME, they’re cooked.
I don’t see how they get them back at this point. Even CNN has now showed that they’re completely flattened, so the rebuilding alone would take years even if the Gulf states agreed. It’s not even clear that the US has the technological capacity to build stuff like the radar arrays they had today. And ultimately what would even be the point given that Iran has shown they can destroy these bases any time they want. The whole security umbrella was premised on the idea that US could take out incoming attacks, but now everybody can see that they can’t.