US security umbrella over Gulf States is crumbling
Jammu, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be desperately looking for a graceful exit fast at least to save the U.S. partnership with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and also the massive financial cost of war. The financial cost of the Iran war already reached approximately $37.5 billion in direct Pentagon expenditures, with broader economic impact estimates running much higher. The war has severely impacted the GCC member states - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Although these states have nothing to do directly with the US-Iran war, they have become natural victims of the war as they host large US military assets. The GCC members have been absorbing extensive Iranian re...
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