Instead of rebuilding, Washington should close its damaged bases, leave the Middle East, and adopt a strategy of offshore balancing, argues @Hoffman8Jon.

Instead of rebuilding, Washington should close its damaged bases, leave the Middle East, and adopt a strategy of offshore balancing, argues @Hoffman8Jon. Link Washington's Middle East Military Presence Is Uniquely Counterproductive Rather than ensuring the free flow of energy, U.S. intervention has only interrupted it.