They lied against Saddam Husein that he was building nukes. They lied against Nicolas Maduro that he was selling drugs. They lied against Gaddafi that he was a dictator. They lie to manufacture consent to take over countries and steal mineral resources.
The US bases in the Gulf states are not to protect the Arabs and have never been to protect them.
Eventually, these American bases became the biggest threat to the sovereignty of Arab countries because of Israel.