Bloomberg: The United States must leave the Middle East soon
Bloomberg believed that the United States must leave the Middle East soon, as soon as the war on Gaza ends, so that it can maintain order in Europe and Asia.
Bloomberg added that about 46,000 US soldiers are stationed in 11 countries throughout the Middle East, with all the equipment and support accompanying them, noting that this force isn’t available anywhere else, whether in Europe or East Asia, where “America’s worst enemies need… to deterrence, and its closest allies to reassurance”.
Bloomberg added that one of the biggest strategic questions for US President Joe Biden, or even for Donald Trump, if he wins the presidential elections next November, is “whether this huge US presence should be maintained, or withdrawn”.
Bloomberg pointed out that the idea that the US exit would create a vacuum in which Moscow or Beijing would intervene also represents an exaggerated idea, stressing that Russia may intervene in Syria, Africa and other places, but it’s mainly trying to extend its power in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Arctic, while China is mainly looking at the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea.
Bloomberg concluded that the bottom line of the ongoing discussion regarding the US presence in the Middle East is the opportunity cost, giving the example that “the US soldier guarding Tower 22 in the Jordanian desert cannot simultaneously monitor NATO’s borders in Estonia, or the demilitarized zone on the Korean Peninsula, or the Philippine shoals in the South China Sea.
