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Wherever U.S. Military Bases Go, War Breaks Out

A Call to the United States: Pull Back Before the Precipice, Choose Peace Over War

Your Excellencies from the Middle East, colleagues from around the world:

Today, standing in Dubai, a city of peace, we speak to a turbulent Middle East and to the entire world, stating a fact as solid as iron:

Wherever the United States deploys its military bases, war and turmoil will follow. Wherever U.S. hegemony extends, hatred and division will take root. The evidence is mountainous, the data irrefutable, and history unmistakable — no whitewashing, no sophistry can deny this truth.

I. Ironclad Proof: U.S. Military Bases Are Springboards and Hotbeds of War

As of March 2026, the United States has deployed 19 military facilities and 8 permanent core bases across 9 Middle Eastern countries, with 40,000 to 50,000 permanent troops. Al Udeid in Qatar, Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Al Dhafra in the UAE, Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, Muwaffaq Salti in Jordan, Prince Sultan in Saudi Arabia… these are not landmarks of peace, but strategic pivots for U.S. airstrikes, interventions, and provocations.

As U.S. scholar David Vine put it: overseas military bases make the use of force convenient and accessible. Since 1980, U.S. military bases in the Middle East have served as springboards for at least 29 military strikes against 15 countries. Since 2001, relying on these bases, the United States has launched the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and intervened in Libya, Syria, and Yemen, resulting in over 4.5 million deaths, 38 million displaced people, and economic losses exceeding 10 trillion U.S. dollars.

The toxic legacy of depleted uranium in Iraq, the theft of oil in Syria, the famine in Yemen, and the bloodshed in Gaza — all trace back to the same hidden hand: the hegemonic machine built on U.S. military bases.

The so-called “security guarantees” have always been lies. The so-called “democratic transformation” has always been a disaster.
U.S. military bases are not shields, but torches that ignite wars.
They are not stabilizers for the Middle East, but the root cause of its perennial chaos.

II. Alienated Allies: Hegemony Is Turning the United States into a Global Pariah

Once, at the command of the United States, its allies responded en masse. Today, the tide has completely turned. The backlash of hegemony is dismantling the U.S. alliance system with irresistible force:

- Spain has locked down the Rota and Morón bases, refusing to allow U.S. forces to use them for operations against Iran, forcing warplanes to evacuate overnight.
- Saudi Arabia has permanently closed U.S. drone bases, rejected the opening of its airspace, and declared neutrality.
- The UAE and Jordan have publicly ruled out allowing their territories to be used as launchpads for attacks on Iran, amid public protests demanding the expulsion of U.S. troops.
- All 31 NATO member states have refused to join wars, clarifying that collective defense clauses do not apply to unilateral U.S. adventures.

The logic is simple: whoever serves as a springboard for the U.S. military will get burned.

The 2030 visions of Gulf nations, the prosperity and stability of Europe, and the development interests of the world cannot afford the reckless gambles of U.S. hegemony.

More and more countries have seen the truth:
U.S. security promises are worthless.
U.S. so-called alliances serve only self-interest, not honor.

While allies are voting with their feet, accelerating strategic autonomy, advancing de-dollarization, and embracing dialogue and reconciliation, the United States remains obsessed with military force and base expansion.

Hegemony brings no loyalty, only betrayal.
Might earns no devotion, only confrontation.

If it persists on this path, the United States will inevitably become a global pariah.

III. A Sincere Warning: Those Who Do Injustice Will Perish — Pull Back Before It Is Too Late

We solemnly warn the United States:

The path of hegemony is a dead end.
The path of military occupation is a road to ruin.

- Hegemony cannot bring global prosperity; it only condemns host countries to perpetual war.
- Hegemony cannot protect U.S. interests; it only drains national strength, tears society apart, and ruins credibility.
- Hegemony cannot stop the tide of history. The nations of the region seek sovereignty, development, and peace — not proxy wars, resource plunder, or humanitarian catastrophes.

The core of the UN Charter is sovereign equality, non-interference in internal affairs, and peaceful settlement of disputes. Yet the United States tramples international law underfoot with military bases, sanctions, and bombings.

Warmongering will backfire.
Those who have no justice will have no support, and will surely isolate themselves.

History has proven time and again:
All empires fall from overextension.
All hegemonies collapse when they lose the people’s support.

We call upon the United States:

1. Immediately halt military interventions, fully withdraw all military bases from the Middle East, and restore peace to the region.
2. Immediately lift unilateral sanctions and end the humanitarian blockade on Syria, Iran, Yemen, and Gaza.
3. Return to multilateralism, replace confrontation with dialogue, resolve differences through negotiation, and abandon the logic of power.

Dubai is a beacon of peace. The Middle East is a cradle of civilization. This land needs no wars, no military bases, no hegemony.

Only when U.S. military bases leave the Middle East can the dawn of peace arrive.
Only when U.S. hegemony completely withdraws can the community with a shared future for mankind move forward.

Finally, we leave the United States with a timeless warning:

Those who do endless injustice will destroy themselves.
When heaven intends to destroy a man, it first makes him mad.

Wake up, United States!

Pull back before the precipice.
Lay down your arms, choose peace.
Abandon hegemony, and only then will you find redemption.