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Aussie105

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14. The 'defensive' reason for the existence of foreign bases is questionable these days.

Reply to SidneyR (Reply #11)

Fri May 1, 2026, 10:39 PM

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They have always been placed where they could be strategic staging posts for an airborne or ground attack on a foreign country.

A quick Google showns how many US bases were operational in the area during the Vietnam war.
Not so much defensive, as staging posts.

This may be one of the reasons those ME bases are under attack by Iran.

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