The bases in Kazhakstan occupied by US troops to seal Afghanistan's northern border will not be abandoned readily
Like most of these pundits, mentally deficient in the geography department.
The Opecker Princes know this, and probably 9/11 was their attempt to smash us as a super power so they could delay this massive transition of power moving from them to other countries.
If they had brought us to our knees and forced whatever conditions they wanted on us, they could stay in power with the petro $'s flowing to them for decades. Now they have a very short time before the Opec Cartel is breached by competition.
Oh my! This sounds exactly like:
Russian bases in Canada sealing Mexica's northern border blah-blah-blah...