by Rich Lowry
The Iranian missile and drone threat to our Persian Gulf bases was foreseeable, and yet we didn’t do enough to protect them.
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U.S. military officers stand near U.S. Air Force planes at Al Udeid airbase in Doha, Qatar, September 4, 2021.
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Churchill said that “wars are not won by evacuations,” and sometimes, he might have added, they are simply embarrassing.
The U.S. hastily flew its B-1 bombers out of Fairford air base in the U.K. for fear of a potential Iranian drone attack, the latest in a series of successful Iranian operations to crimp U.S. bases, this time more than 2,000 miles away.
About the Author
Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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Churchill said that “wars are not won by evacuations,” and sometimes, he might have added, they are simply embarrassing.
The U.S. hastily flew its B-1 bombers out of Fairford air base in the U.K. for fear of a potential Iranian drone attack, the latest in a series of successful Iranian operations to crimp U.S. bases, this time more than 2,000 miles away.
About the Author
Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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