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59. Thanks, Lithos.

Sat Oct 11, 2025, 08:17 AM

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I trust your information. Is this facility for Qatar essentially the same as the other models?

One immediate difference that comes to mind is that the Germans capitulated to us after WWII. We have bases in Germany. I assume the training programs we hosted for German soldiers were part of the post WWII, Cold War NATO arrangements. And Britain is a longtime trusted ally.

In this day and age it makes me uneasy to give Qatar a training facility on US soil. I'm far from an isolationist but....

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Trump Admin Sparks MAGA Fury With Qatari Air Force Base in US--'Betrayed' [View all] BumRushDaShow Friday OP

Idiots... wcmagumba Friday #1

Post removed Post removed Friday #3

Still a stupid idea, Dem or Thug...IMO wcmagumba Friday #5

You keep posting this. Have a link/proof? awesomerwb1 Friday #11

Article from 2022 Abnredleg Friday #13

That is different. Biden didn't propose a foreign base here. yardwork Friday #25

They're building a training facility at Mountain Home AFB Abnredleg Friday #31

Show me a foreign military facility on American soil. yardwork Friday #33

Sure there is Abnredleg Friday #36

We have, or used to have, COL Mustard Friday #49

it's fairly common Lithos Friday #52

Thanks, Lithos. yardwork Saturday #59

From what I've read, this Qatari facility is different from the slightlv Saturday #62

The DoD clarified what Hegseth mumbled through Lithos Sunday #63

Then why have they not mentioned the DLI? slightlv Monday #64

DLI Defense Language Institute Lithos Monday #66

At least under the Air Force, when I was in and when I was an assistant liaison officer, slightlv Monday #67

It's part of FMS Lithos Monday #69

DT was president when this project started cyranodequixote Friday #53

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Calm down. The poster is wrong. yardwork Friday #26

Dump sold them the jets and made the base promise in 2017 -- Stop trying to hang this on Biden Ponietz Friday #29

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It's common to create training units in the US as part of plane sales Abnredleg Friday #4

I was referring to the MAGAt fallout UpInArms Friday #7

That's different from giving them their own base on our soil. yardwork Friday #27

They're constructing a training facility on a US base Abnredleg Friday #30

I've never heard of letting another country built their own base on our soil. yardwork Friday #32

They are not building their own base Abnredleg Friday #37

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And Qatar will lease it out to WHOM? Russia? Captain Zero Friday #16

Its not a base - its a training detachment on an US base Abnredleg Friday #17

That's not what Hegseth said. yardwork Friday #28

Facility as in hangars and admin offices Abnredleg Friday #38

The lack of trust in chump is clear! BidenRocks Friday #41

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Foreign Military On Our Soil? GregGilman Friday #39

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