U.S. Has ‘Probably Permanently Lost 15 Gulf Bases’ In Trump’s Iran War, Retired General Warns Conflict Has Become ‘Strategic Disaster’

Retired four-star General Barry McCaffrey declared the United States has “probably permanently lost access to 15 Persian Gulf bases” following Iran’s 2026 missile war, a warning that frames the damage as a “strategic disaster” for U.S. power projection in the Middle East. The assessment comes as dire reports that the U.S. has depleted nearly all […]