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Graphic proof that "just because you might be paranoid, doesn't mean that they are not actually out to get you." …on the other hand maybe there is good reason to be paranoid!
unf-ckingbelieveble so many bases no wonder that Iran is paranoid; I would too if my country is surrounded its like they are gearing up for war as it is..
Somebody's gettin' the bullshit flag for this. We don't have bases in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan. And somehow we have a military base out in the Indian ocean. I smell bullshit.
Folks, don't let yourself be bamboozled. These are not all US military bases. In fact, very few of them are. They are bases belonging to the host country's military, and there is a US presence there. Some of them are simply outdated and there is no US military presence there anymore.
@Smart Guy: The base in the middle of the Indian Ocean is Diego Garcia. There is a US military presence there because it is a very important strategic airfield in that region of the world. It is not a US military base, though. It is British territory, and a British base.
Masirah. in Oman, is an island that was formerly a British airbase. It is now a Royal Oman Air Force base that is used by the US military. It has been a staging area for some operations in Afghanistan, for example, Marines departed from Masirah on the last leg of their trip to Afghanistan to provide security for the US embasy there.
Seriously, these propagandists are calling Int'l airports US military bases! Can you say, "spin," or "agenda?"
@C N Maybe there is a little spin here, but even changing the title to "US Military Presence in the Middle East" doesn't make it less scary. The fact is that we have a large military presence surrounding Iran and there are intense talks in the upper echelon of politics to use force to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear power. I would be paranoid too if I were Iran.
A Human Being
December 6th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Graphic proof that "just because you might be paranoid, doesn't mean that they are not actually out to get you." …on the other hand maybe there is good reason to be paranoid!
ethnicity human
January 18th, 2012 at 9:17 am
Looks like the U.S. has given chicken pox to the middle east
Humanity
January 30th, 2012 at 11:45 am
unf-ckingbelieveble so many bases no wonder that Iran is paranoid; I would too if my country is surrounded its like they are gearing up for war as it is..
Pacifisticuffs
February 1st, 2012 at 3:32 pm
This map is outdated.Cute try though.
Smart Guy
February 6th, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Somebody's gettin' the bullshit flag for this. We don't have bases in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan. And somehow we have a military base out in the Indian ocean. I smell bullshit.
C N
February 7th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Folks, don't let yourself be bamboozled. These are not all US military bases. In fact, very few of them are. They are bases belonging to the host country's military, and there is a US presence there. Some of them are simply outdated and there is no US military presence there anymore.
@Smart Guy: The base in the middle of the Indian Ocean is Diego Garcia. There is a US military presence there because it is a very important strategic airfield in that region of the world. It is not a US military base, though. It is British territory, and a British base.
Masirah. in Oman, is an island that was formerly a British airbase. It is now a Royal Oman Air Force base that is used by the US military. It has been a staging area for some operations in Afghanistan, for example, Marines departed from Masirah on the last leg of their trip to Afghanistan to provide security for the US embasy there.
Seriously, these propagandists are calling Int'l airports US military bases! Can you say, "spin," or "agenda?"
Fox Ramirez
February 7th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
So are those bases now UN bases, after all, the UN is more like a launching platform for our armed conflicts.
zeusalmighty
February 9th, 2012 at 11:27 am
@C N Maybe there is a little spin here, but even changing the title to "US Military Presence in the Middle East" doesn't make it less scary. The fact is that we have a large military presence surrounding Iran and there are intense talks in the upper echelon of politics to use force to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear power. I would be paranoid too if I were Iran.
yourwrongdumbshit
February 12th, 2012 at 8:07 am
dipshit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia
US does have a base in the Indian ocean