>The US is now more concerned about China.

Ah, that's why "U.S. pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia" :)

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-pulls-last-aircraft-c...

Yeah, recent events have clarified how much Israel and Saudi (and Bahrain, Jordan etc) are real defense priorities for the US. Expended a lot of Patriot interceptors and lost several aircraft on the ground including an incredibly expensive E-3 Sentry.

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GJim 2 days ago | parent [-]

> recent events have clarified how much Israel and Saudi (and Bahrain, Jordan etc) are real defense priorities for the US.

And why might that be? Presumably because the USA decided to start a pointless war in the middle east?

	▲	pjc50 a day ago \| parent [-]
		Yes. The real priorities are not the stated priorities because the administration is lying and/or making extremely poor decisions.

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graemep a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Its not the last aircraft carrier in Asia, as there are three in the Indian Ocean.

It is also a failure, not a policy, and if the US is struggling in more important regions its all the more reason to pull back from Europe.