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Totally normal the dept of war (discuss.online)
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[–] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

The US military base in Bahrain was there for much longer than the administration. While it may have been sufficient for operations in Iraq, it makes absolutely no sense to supply an aircraft carrier operating outside the Persian Gulf from within the Persian Gulf... I don't understand how any planners thought this made sense. They knew Iran could shut off or severely endanger passage of the Hormuz straight.

How could the base resupply the Lincoln even if it wasn't destroyed? Did the US really have no logistical capabilities in the Arabian Sea? They have facilities in Djibouti and Oman.

I think we are letting Hegseth's stupidity take the fall for a clear diplomatic or military planning failure.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    They knew Bahrain was a problem and therefore moved operations to Diego Garcia, which is further away. Djibouti can be hit from Yemen, where the Iranian allied Houthis are after all. However then Diego Garcia was hit as well. They did not destroy too much, but the Navy moved logistics further away. However that would have pulled Lincoln out of combat range. Otherwise it would have to stay in place in range of Iranian missiles. Iran hitting an aircraft carrier would have been a massive issue.

    So apparently they believed it was smarter to keep it in the fight, since Trump was going to end the war in a few days anyway since a few months now.

    This is why the US used to avoid going to war with Iran. They knew it would turn into a shit show.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    You're right, it's not Hegseths fault. It's his fault + all the Republicans enabling the destruction of america + all of the dumbest people in charge, who's only qualifying feature is making Trump richer.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    That’s the thing. We have a base in Djibouti.

    It’s a little farther and would have taken some of the focus off of AFRICOM, but would have been a regional base outside of Iran’s capability.

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