That may have made sense once, but we have landed carriers all throughout the ME since before the Gulf Wars. Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman. K

That may have made sense once, but we have landed carriers all throughout the ME since before the Gulf Wars. Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman. KSA, Kuwait, Iraq and Diego Garcia as needed. We're not going to ever use an Israeli base to attack Iran so unsure what purpose it serves tactically or strategically. Turkey/KSA are happy to support our projects in Syria. These facilities are huge, each capable of supporting squadrons of US aircraft. https://www.americansecurityproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ref-0213-US-Military-Bases-and-Facilities-Middle-East.pdf https://www.americansecurityproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2... Not even complete. Cairo West isn't on there. https://www.google.com/maps/@30.116667,30.916667,5961m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en&entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@30.116667,30.916667,5961m/data=...