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Policy analysis / geopolitical report (house oversight committee document)
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This document appears to be a page from a geopolitical strategy paper or intelligence assessment regarding Middle East security, specifically found within House Oversight Committee records (Bates stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029807). The text analyzes the strategic threat posed by potential Iranian nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles to U.S. military logistics hubs in the Persian Gulf, specifically mentioning the naval presence in Bahrain. It argues that despite U.S. confidence, regional partners may deny military access out of fear of Iranian retaliation.
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Reference to how Kuwait responded in a past conflict (likely Gulf War era), though the sentence cuts off.
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Discussion of nuclear threats and targeting of US hubs.
Discussion of logistic hubs and potential refusal to grant access due to fear.
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"In the future, the United States will not be able to take for granted unchallenged surges of naval, air, and ground forces into regional theaters via logistics hubs."Source
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"Iran's nuclear weapons, assuming it gets them, will pose a direct threat to American military surge capabilities."Source
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"Gulf security partners might be more nervous and less willing to cooperate. As a result, they might not grant access to U.S. air, naval, and ground forces out of fear of angering Iran."Source
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narrow maritime confines like the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf.
But the likely proliferation of nuclear weapons -- and ballistic missile delivery systems -- will pose even more formidable challenges to conventional military surges in the region. In the future, the United States will not be able to take for granted unchallenged surges of naval, air, and ground forces into regional theaters via logistics hubs. These hubs -- like the American naval presence in Bahrain -- are large, readily identifiable, and will be increasingly vulnerable to future targeting by nuclear weaponry.
Iran's nuclear weapons, assuming it gets them, will pose a direct threat to American military surge capabilities. Although American policymakers and military commanders might feel confident that they could surge forces into the Gulf despite Iranian nuclear threats because of the American nuclear deterrent, Gulf security partners might be more nervous and less willing to cooperate. As a result, they might not grant access to U.S. air, naval, and ground forces out of fear of angering Iran.
American observers who doubt that Gulf states would make such calculations should recall how Kuwait responded in
But the likely proliferation of nuclear weapons -- and ballistic missile delivery systems -- will pose even more formidable challenges to conventional military surges in the region. In the future, the United States will not be able to take for granted unchallenged surges of naval, air, and ground forces into regional theaters via logistics hubs. These hubs -- like the American naval presence in Bahrain -- are large, readily identifiable, and will be increasingly vulnerable to future targeting by nuclear weaponry.
Iran's nuclear weapons, assuming it gets them, will pose a direct threat to American military surge capabilities. Although American policymakers and military commanders might feel confident that they could surge forces into the Gulf despite Iranian nuclear threats because of the American nuclear deterrent, Gulf security partners might be more nervous and less willing to cooperate. As a result, they might not grant access to U.S. air, naval, and ground forces out of fear of angering Iran.
American observers who doubt that Gulf states would make such calculations should recall how Kuwait responded in
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