U.S. Military Encirclement of Iran. Iran is, and has been for many years, surrounded by US Military installations. We talk about the U.S. strategy to encircle China, but you rarely hear about the way in which Iran is, and has been encircled by U.S. military bases for many years. When they you hear that Iran is a threat to the United States, you picture a us, here in the U.S. as potential victims. When you hear the term ‘containment’ in relation to Iran, you think, perhaps, that something needs to be done.
After all, we have bases and military trainers and other military representatives in dangerous countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. But wait, if those countries have bases, isn’t Iran pretty well contained? Here is a map of Iran, showing the surrounding U,S. bases around 2008. U.S. Now, a new military initiative is rapidly being deployed across the Middle East, Southwest Asia and Africa, around the world, and even here on the U.S. mainland. Click on the image, and you will open a dynamic map. CIA Covert Operations and U.S. Interventions Since World War II Full documentary. New Pentagon strategy stresses Asia, cyber, drones.
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