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This will make it much easier for the Qatari air force to carry out their combat air patrols over Montana.
You only wish this was the final boss of “imagine if Obama did it.” Trump could cook and eat a baby on live tv and his cult would call it a bold tactic to own the libs.
AND he’d face no repercussions. Congress would applaud him
It would be an “official act”
/s
It was the best baby eating of US history. Period. No other president has ever ate a baby so well and so gracefully than president Trump. How dare you suggest that the president could somehow be evil. You should be in jail for saying such a thing. We are so lucky to have him leading the free world.
I really don’t yet see what the strategic interests being served in this are. An airbase in the US is a strategic liability for Qatar, and just a weird thing for the US that seems unnecessary. I’ve yet to read a really good analysis of this, but it’s a really remarkable turn of events. Whatever is behind it, I would like to understand.
Probably has to do with human smuggling but I dont want to start any conspiracies.
That was likely part of the price the Qataris wanted to put pressure on Hamas to accept Trump‘s deal. Worth it.
Forgive my ignorance, but aside from being an ally and sharing tech, training and whatnot, why does Qatar want an air base in idaho?
It’s normal for other nations to have a sub-base for training them on our products, alliances & soft power, etc. I think in another timeline, this is problematic because it’s another shady ally. But with Trump, you have Qatar gifting Trump a jet and then his “no foreigners in 'merica!” voters having to suddenly say things like “actually, it’s normal to have foreign militaries here.”
To have a foothold in North America when the US balkanizes?
The Balkans were “balkanized” by the US remember, they didn’t self destruct… And besides, betting so much money at this point in time on Idaho seceding to become an empty landlocked country is a far fetched scenario even for a strategy game 😅
The Balkans were “balkanized” by the US remember
And now the US is being balkanized by the US :P
Ethics/morality aside, it’s a pretty smart financial move to sell goods and services to multiple sides of a prolonged conflict. Sure, some of them might figure it out and bomb an iconic skyscraper in a major city, but what’s a few thousand peasant lives against the billions of dollars that could be gained?
Last time it happened, we got a decade of oil out of it. Not a bad deal to be honest. I’m not sure how it works though, if it’s 10 years per event or 5 years per tower.
Sure, some of them might figure it out and bomb an iconic skyscraper in a major cit
Also great for business
Are they the ones that bribed him with a plane or the ones that bribed him with crypto? I can’t keep up.
Yes
The Final Boss, so far…
The US has an air base in Qatar, it makes sense for Qatar to have an air base in the US.
It would be kind of hilarious of every country that the US had an air base in also had an air base in the US. The American pearl clutching alone would be quite the entertainment.
Oh, so they need to project air power over Canada?
It’s gotta be like… a base meant for training their pilots right? There’s no way they let Qatar just fly even so much as recon missions out of there right? And the main reason they’re letting them build it here is one of those “investments” he keeps bragging about securing, right? I’m not going insane right?
I dont think their getting their own base. he said facilities, and he likely meant theyre just getting their own barracks, mess,classrooms, etc.
Singapore already has their own facilities for joint training on the base in question, theyre likely talking about that.
Its not like were giving Qatar a base to freely fly recon out of, or attack Mexico if they decided to declare was on them or somwthing…
Probably
This is some Civ4 shit where you abuse the possibility of stationing troops in a friendly country and use that as a base to wage war.
