Host states to US air bases can’t pretend they’re not involved in attacking Iran when their airspace is taking all the risk for Trump and Netanyahu. Right, so Bahrain’s National Communication Centre has said sites and facilities inside Bahrain have been targeted in the Iranian retaliation, following US and Israeli strikes this morning, and that the country has been subjected to external attacks, with emergency procedures activated and “further military-related details” to follow. That isn’t Bahrain doing commentary, it’s Bahrain warning its own public that missiles and interceptions have dragged their airspace into the fight. And they aren’t alone. Iran’s retaliation has gone after the US basing network in the Gulf: Al-Udeid in Qatar, Ali al-Salem in Kuwait, Al-Dhafra in the UAE, and a Fifth Fleet-linked facility in Bahrain. Those are not abstrac ...