US withdrawing troops from key Middle East bases as precaution

5 pointsposted 24 days ago
by zerosizedweasle

4 Comments

zerosizedweasle

24 days ago

Anyone care to guess what this means?

JumpCrisscross

24 days ago

We’re about to do something that may prompt Iranian missiles to target U.S. bases.

Unlike last time [1], when we had one CVN in position, one in the vicinity [2], and Israel potting their launchers, this time [3] we’re expecting some may get through.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_strikes_on_Irani...

[2] https://news.usni.org/2025/06/23/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-...

[3] https://news.usni.org/2026/01/12/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-...

zerosizedweasle

24 days ago

Bingo, prepare for oil to skyrocket.

JumpCrisscross

24 days ago

> prepare for oil to skyrocket

I don’t think so. Worst case, we see the Brent-WTI spread widen. But an attack aimed at regime change carries the potential for sanctions release (even if, as in Venezuela, it’s a shuffling versus changing of guard).