IRAN STRIKES ON BAHRAIN BASE SPARK NEW DEBATE OVER U.S. GULF FOOTPRINT

IRAN STRIKES ON BAHRAIN BASE SPARK NEW DEBATE OVER U.S. GULF FOOTPRINT

A Washington Examiner op-ed claims Iran 'blew the hell out of Bahrain,' forcing the U.S. Navy from the Persian Gulf and triggering calls to rethink American bases in the region. Democrats seized on the story to attack Trump's Iran policy and its cost to Georgia families.

Iran 'blew the hell out of Bahrain' and Trump's Gulf strategy with it

“They blew the hell out of Bahrain.” That was acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao’s assessment last month of the damage Iranian missiles have done to Naval Support Activity Bahrain — the base inside the Persian Gulf that served for decades as the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet. He wasn’t exaggerating. Two weeks earlier, the […]