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Not that anyone here claimed they were. But Iran just made a superpower (i.e. us) move our bombers from a base in England because we were afraid they could be attacked.
nytimes.com - US bombers britain raf fairford iranThe need to move the bombers out of the base, R.A.F. Fairford, was deemed so urgent that some of the planes and their flight crews left while aerial refueling aircraft were still being scrambled to support their flights to the United States. At least three of the planes had landed at their home base in South Dakota by Sunday, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters.Are we winning yet? Doesn't seem like it to me. They made us withdraw from a strategically advantageous location for any operations in the Middle East or eastern Europe (at least compared to the USA).
The Brits didn't ask us to leave, even though Iran declared that any attacks launched from an English base would make it a legitimate target (which actually makes logical sense). We just turned-tail.
