September 17, 2020
Incirlik: Time for the U.S. Military to Leave
President Donald Trump seeks to reduce the U.S. military footprint around the world. Both the progressive camp within the Democratic Party and the libertarian wing of the Republican Party, meanwhile, want to reduce military expenditure. Many centrists want to re-invest in diplomacy: A complete end to the U.S. presence at Incirlik would check all boxes. It’s time to take American forces out of Incirlik, the sooner, the better
by Michael Rubin
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stopped in Cyprus on September 12 amidst heightened tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean while on his way to the Middle East. Shortly before Pompeo arrived, the Cypriot National Guard began a week-long exercise with the U.S. Navy. Senator Ron Johnson, meanwhile, has said the United States is “beefing up†its military presence at Souda Bay on Crete in part because of uncertainty about the future of the U.S. presence at the Incirlik Air Base outside the southern Turkish city of Adana.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/incirlik-time-us-military-leave-169083
