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That’s the thing. We have a base in Djibouti.
It’s a little farther and would have taken some of the focus off of AFRICOM, but would have been a regional base outside of Iran’s capability.
And Houthis are just across the strait. Seemingly whole thing depended on USA being undisputed top dog.