Well, that's exactly why they're there. That's a great point actually. Do you know why we have bases in Bahrain and Qatar and UAE and all these places, All of those bases are there because those countries are afraid that Iran will attack them. If Iran was not a threat to the region, if the Iranian regime, because I'm talking about the Iranian people, the regime was not a threat to the region or we wouldn't have to have any of these bases. (06:54–06:59)
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Asserts that U.S. bases in the Middle East exist due to regional fears of Iranian attacks.
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