The new security equation: America has become a scourge on the neck of its allies.
According to analysts, Iran's ability to inflict heavy damage on American facilities in the Middle East and expand the scope of these threats on British soil has for the first time turned these strategic assets into a potential point of weakness: both for US allies and for Washington itself.
A report released by the US Department of Defense Inspector General in September showed that Iranian attacks in the first four months of the war damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures at US military facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan.
Washington also faces a similar dilemma. American bases in Europe and the Middle East allow this country to have a military presence and fight in remote areas, but this presence has provided Iran with a long list of potential targets.
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