Bangladesh, Oct. 7 -- The message from Washington could hardly be clearer.

The United States has withdrawn all of its bombers from RAF Fairford in England and returned them to their home bases in America after a series of security concerns surrounding the airfield. The Pentagon says the aircraft have been redeployed, while President Donald Trump has acknowledged that threats were involved.

That is not a routine footnote in the US-UK military relationship.

It is a warning.

For decades, Britain has presented itself as one of Americas most reliable military allies-a nuclear power, a leading NATO member and a country with extensive experience hosting US forces. Yet an American bomber base in the English countryside has now become the cent...