America’s biggest base in the Middle East is getting bigger - Middle East - Stripes
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Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress who worked on the National Security Council and at the Departments of State and Defense during President Bill Clinton’s administration, said the expansion of the base showed the contradictions of Trump’s military policy.
“In the Middle East, and around the world, Trump speaks of these security partnerships with America like a protection #racket,” Katulis said, with little discussion of the strategic purpose for troops abroad. “What is this all for? What’s next?”