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Forces ‘ready to go’ as Gulf tensions stay on edge
April 8, 2026
Sky News Australia
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Former US Navy pilot Matthew Buckley discusses the positioning of naval forces and the readiness of neighbouring countries in the region. “We are ready to go,” Mr Buckley told Sky News Australia. “The president has actually been holding back a lot of our Middle East partners. “I’m pretty sure when we leave, we are still going to have a footprint there.
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“Arab countries on the left side of the Gulf definitely are fired up and ready to go if anything flares up again.”
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