“We desperately need the bases in Afghanistan and Vietnam to counter China now,”
It never stops. Now bases in Afghanistan are a “desperate need” for America? LOL? And bases in Vietnam? To do what? Protect Vietnamese offshore oil claims? And Bush punked out on a decades war with Iraq?
It never ends with the DC war crowd. They love the cash an profits. And they string along normal people with stadium flyovers and movies, and they laugh about how easy it is. It’s a sicko war fetish.
Bagram was our closest base to China.
And before that the huge base at Cam Rahn Bay.
This is reality while you sit at home asking “what for? “