Removal of the US Air Expeditionary Wing from PrinceSultanAirBase, for example, should help improve our relations with the Saudis, and relocating US forces south and out of the densely-populated Seoul area in Korea will help remedy various problems with the Korean public while serving other important military purposes as well.
The Washington Post reports that in a major reversal, Saudi Arabia has agreed to new agreements that will allow expanded U.S. air operations from Saudi territory, including full use of PrinceSultanAirBase as an air operations center, in the event of war against Iraq, according to senior U.S. officials and diplomatic sources.