“The Persian Gulf is a Mediterranean sea in Western Asia — it’s an extension of the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Hormuz and lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the southwest. The Shatt al-Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline.” As I have written before, there is a huge gas-field between the nations of Iran and Qatar; and as I have predicted previously, the Trump administration will start a war with Iran to plunder the region, as Bush-Cheney did elsewhere in the Middle East.
There is much to protect in the region. In 2018, the US military reiterated the promise to keep the Persian Gulf waterways open to oil tankers, as Iran renewed threats to close off the region. Most of the world powers have military bases in the region. Britain, in 1967, moved its naval bases from Aden, seaport in Yemen, to Bahrain; it shares bases in Oman and Kuwait. France and Germany have military presence in the area. Russia has set up a big military presence in the Mediterranean, complete with missiles and nuclear-capability. Russia was in Syria, when the U.S. wasn’t. The U.S. has an ’empire of bases’ in the Middle East. Our Navy’s Fifth Fleet has been headquartered in Bahrain since 1949. In 2003, the Air Force moved its major air operations command center from Saudi Arabia to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The U.S. maintains a military presence in several Persian Gulf nations, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE. We have many troops in Germany, a launching pad for forces going to Afghanistan, and to bases throughout S.W. Asia, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan and Iraq.
The Pentagon, under the Trump administration, has misled Americans about our growing military involvement in a war in Yemen, that we should have no part in. On 4/04/19, Congress passed an historic, War Powers resolution with strong bipartisan support, calling for the end of America’s involvement in the Saudi Arabian-led war in Yemen, fighting Iranian-allied rebel Houthis. Trump vetoed the bill; the Senate was unable to override Trump’s veto, so our assistance in another war continues. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has stated that he is setting out to build an international coalition against Iran, with officials in the Persian Gulf, and has recently visited UAE and Saudi Arabia. Trump has awarded the Saudis huge arms sales, even contracting them to build bombs for the U.S.
Trish Forsyth Voss
Jun 30 2019
A huge military presence in the Mediterranean (Americans misled by Pentagon).
“The Persian Gulf is a Mediterranean sea in Western Asia — it’s an extension of the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Hormuz and lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the southwest. The Shatt al-Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline.” As I have written before, there is a huge gas-field between the nations of Iran and Qatar; and as I have predicted previously, the Trump administration will start a war with Iran to plunder the region, as Bush-Cheney did elsewhere in the Middle East.
There is much to protect in the region. In 2018, the US military reiterated the promise to keep the Persian Gulf waterways open to oil tankers, as Iran renewed threats to close off the region. Most of the world powers have military bases in the region. Britain, in 1967, moved its naval bases from Aden, seaport in Yemen, to Bahrain; it shares bases in Oman and Kuwait. France and Germany have military presence in the area. Russia has set up a big military presence in the Mediterranean, complete with missiles and nuclear-capability. Russia was in Syria, when the U.S. wasn’t. The U.S. has an ’empire of bases’ in the Middle East. Our Navy’s Fifth Fleet has been headquartered in Bahrain since 1949. In 2003, the Air Force moved its major air operations command center from Saudi Arabia to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The U.S. maintains a military presence in several Persian Gulf nations, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE. We have many troops in Germany, a launching pad for forces going to Afghanistan, and to bases throughout S.W. Asia, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan and Iraq.
The Pentagon, under the Trump administration, has misled Americans about our growing military involvement in a war in Yemen, that we should have no part in. On 4/04/19, Congress passed an historic, War Powers resolution with strong bipartisan support, calling for the end of America’s involvement in the Saudi Arabian-led war in Yemen, fighting Iranian-allied rebel Houthis. Trump vetoed the bill; the Senate was unable to override Trump’s veto, so our assistance in another war continues. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has stated that he is setting out to build an international coalition against Iran, with officials in the Persian Gulf, and has recently visited UAE and Saudi Arabia. Trump has awarded the Saudis huge arms sales, even contracting them to build bombs for the U.S.
Trish Forsyth Voss
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