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Totally normal the dept of war (discuss.online)
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[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] majster@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

And Houthis are just across the strait. Seemingly whole thing depended on USA being undisputed top dog.