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Washington Bumps up Against the Limits of Airpower in the Middle East

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Ryan Bohl
Senior Middle East and North Africa Analyst at RANE, Stratfor

May 9, 2025 | 13:58 GMT

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B aircraft over the North Sea having taken off from RAF Fairford on July 1, 2016 in Gloucestershire, England.

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B aircraft over the North Sea having taken off from RAF Fairford on July 1, 2016 in Gloucestershire, England.

(Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

The tactic designed to allow intervention without deepening withdrawalism will instead do the opposite, and Washington will face more and more calls to retrench from the Middle East....

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