Throughout the conflict, Iran has dealt severe blows to U.S. bases across the region, resulting in 18 troops having been killed and over 600 sustaining injuries. A predictable outcomeIran’s ability to touch American bases across the Middle East was not surprising to many of those advocating against this war. The New York Times reported in late March that many American bases in the region had been rendered “all but uninhabitable.” Many of America’s bases in the Middle East simply weren’t prepared to face Iranian retaliation at the scale we’ve witnessed. While Trump repeatedly fails to grasp the seriousness of the situation, American bases are becoming more vulnerable.