Are We Good With Qatar Fighter Jets Based in Idaho?

It's not a real national security threat like free markets.

 

One of those things where if Obama did it, there would be militia guys running to their bunkers and Glenn Beck would put on a suicide vest. But more to the point, looks like that free airplane Trump got wasnt exactly "free" eh?

 

MAGA will use their logic to justify it

 

Fighter pilots from numerous countries already train in joint exercises here at several AFBs, including in F35s. We have bases in about 80 countries around the globe. I don’t have a problem with one or two having more “permanent” presence here. Hopefully it builds relationships but doesn’t let our most advanced technology or techniques be shared. Strengthening communication channels and even camaraderie should be beneficial. Keeping friends close has value in knowing capabilities and perhaps in ascertaining loyalty.

 

I posted this in another thread, but even the die hards are jumping ship

 

THey'll knuckle under to dear leader in due time. They always do.

 

Jumping ship? never going to happen

 

His tantrum helped cause this today too. Though there is also some talk of a super whale manipulating the market. But the timing wasn’t coincidental.

 

I rather enjoy your ‘head buried in the sand and ask questions later’ approach to these topics.

 

Why do I have the fear that this B rated news item will come back to bite us in the face. I feel like I have seen this story play out before…

 

How much is Jared Kushner walking away with?

 

Qatar is an autocracy. So is Idaho. It’s a natural evolution.

Also good strategic jumping off point for Putin. They already have Moscow there.

 

Is that before of after we see panel vans with speakers on our streets blaring the message " Russians are our friends"?

 

Perhaps Trump is following the old MOB advice - keeping his friends close and his enemies closer (?).

 

It’s a non issue

 

We have routinely provided training to pilots from countries that have bought U.S. military jets. Probably better to do it in a rural area than a more crowded area. We used to do training for Saudi Arabian and other pilots in Pensacola, until one of the trainees got his hands on a pistol and started shooting at people on the base. We don't own any land in the Middle East, so we can't do training there. And our European allies do not want partially-trained pilots flying military jets in their crowded air space. Hopefully, we can keep them from getting their hands on guns while they are here.