{"id":142244,"date":"2026-08-18T16:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/18\/pentagon-weighing-smaller-u-s-military-presence-in-gulf-once-iran-war-ends-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:43:49","slug":"pentagon-weighing-smaller-u-s-military-presence-in-gulf-once-iran-war-ends-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/18\/pentagon-weighing-smaller-u-s-military-presence-in-gulf-once-iran-war-ends-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon weighing smaller U.S. military presence in Gulf once Iran war ends &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxPZWQ5MVY3S2IzeW9Ia3JlQlhsVTlfUGY5TnZvUFVFYWl4UGFkMTVRbmhMdXQ1TnN6WXlDaVk2QVBIbmVrZ2JPOENmM1J6NVhBQ1FCcVN4UkNxQ2twbzZBelRmaW14SlY1YktnMzB1cWNQUVIwRmxLRk9KMEdhWF9IZUpfRXFCVHZMckVFaWx6WGFMejJWQVVQVFNDVE5vdDQyamJCRGxmbTdiSllBWElES2NIX2tMMW5ZUmhIRTRROXhHa2dqUUlYMW15Yk9NUUw5SVc4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon weighing smaller U.S. military presence in Gulf once Iran war ends<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxPSmRnYzB5VEtyOU42NmpOelphelcwcDhibE5lOVpjeWVRUlNrSU1kNjRFWVBTRGNkSm1JSHBmOG42Z19rOFlqZVRtWUtNbGE5Sk9lMG1mdzBiRm1MRWpzUmY3UmlhbEZNS2s2eVZrT21vYW5lRHVpWXhNUS1qU2NLT2pDSDljWHM2TENud2NWSm5LNXBReEVCOERQV0xOR3VJemg0LUZsdGpsaEg1RGRLeExRWjhQdmdoRnlXag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US reportedly weighs troop pullback from Gulf following damage in Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Times of Israel<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxOZ25rS1NoZWs0Y3RnTTBBdWdyZFZVYWxKMVpYbWtZVUV3b3dsdjZDZmRtVEZROGZjdEg0ci1abnNNM2l5QmdNUldpRzRBNEl3T3JkTlVKeTRtN3dUb25FVXZQd2RteGMwOERjM3pRZmR6QXRTOFdpaUlySU9OSlItdjh5dUxyQjFaVnVNTmJTU1A3TDFSZDlzb1Y2c3lpNHZ1OEtrUG5MVUY5VndLa2NVN0F6RUVRWDlnM3kyaG5oaGtaajJJZXpCUWdaZUs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon weighs Persian Gulf drawdown in potential post-war strategic shift &#8211; WaPo<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Investing.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNODd3aE9XckF2Z2YxVkZUT21wMjU3TklYaEIyeUdnY2Z2SmtJZE14T3k5dkhYbDBZeFlMV19BcXZCQU82Q3NBNktuM3oyWEpNZVpvd25wbE9SOWFzY2FMSlh5OWJodVRodW5wbHExTG1YcTdTa0xSSmg2dUdURXZic2hMengwRXl2X3BtN0w4aw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Fewer American Troops In West Asia? Pentagon Rethinks Military Presence After Iran War | World News<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">News18<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiVkFVX3lxTFB0bXVKcl9nM0pkajlKdjdXbVNvYVVfc0lITHhKeGt1M2ZZdk9IWTItNVNzUUlmWF9PNXpoaXNpTVFKTUo2RldfOEtTS2VKTEVuVnVHNjVB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Report: US weighs shrinking military footprint in Middle East after Iran batters bases<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ynetnews.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon weighing smaller U.S. military presence in Gulf once Iran war ends&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post US reportedly weighs troop pullback from Gulf following damage in Iran&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/18\/pentagon-weighing-smaller-u-s-military-presence-in-gulf-once-iran-war-ends-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}