The Pentagon’s Defensive Arc: Retreat Disguised as Strategy?

The Pentagon’s “Defensive Arc” is not just a troop redeployment but a silent acknowledgment that Iranian deterrence has reshaped the regional battlefield and that US military dominance in the Middle East has become difficult to sustain. Is this a strategic calculation or a forced retreat?

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory; tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” (Sun Tzu)

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory; tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” (Sun Tzu)

Whether it was the Mosaic doctrine or the shock and awe strategy, Iranian military tactics have shocked the American strategic circles. However, America’s recent moves signal a larger shift in US military strategy. What we have to ask now is whether the United States is responding to new dangers, or rather quietly admitting that its old strategy of maintaining military superiority abroad is unsustainable.

The Pentagon’s Defensive Arc

The Zionist regime’s Channel 14 news agency has reported the urgent evacuation of US air forces from the region. The news agency claims that the United States evacuated their air bases in the region and moved fighter planes and planes to occupied territories in response to widespread Iranian attacks.

According to reports, the Pentagon has initiated a “Defensive Arc” program, which entails moving strategic air assets and US troops from the bases near Iran to more distant and fortified ones.

It turned out that the proximity of certain US bases near Iran gives no more than two minutes’ warning........

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