SURPRISE! THE BRUTISH TO BUILD A FORWARD OPERATING BASE IN THAT UTOPIA OF FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS BAHRAIN

It's all in the title.

The UK is to establish its first permanent military base in the Middle East since it formally withdrew from the region in 1971.

The base, at the Mina Salman Port in Bahrain, will host ships including destroyers and aircraft carriers.

The UK said it was an "expansion of the Royal Navy's footprint" and would "reinforce stability" in the Gulf.

Bahrain will pay most of the £15m ($23m) needed to build the base, with the UK paying ongoing costs.

UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, who signed the deal at a security conference in Manama, Bahrain, said it was "just one example of our growing partnership with Gulf partners to tackle shared strategic and regional threats".

[source : UK to establish £15m permanent Mid East military base, BBC, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30355953, 6th December 2014]

Hmm. "shared strategic and regional threats", eh?

Are they talking about the "shared strategic and regional threats" that we created in order to interfere in the Middle East?

Duuuh. Geeee. I dunno'. Er.