After years of advocating "America First," President Donald Trump's administration, the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday, "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."It led to a...
    • iegod@lemmy.zip
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      4 hours ago

      I’m surprised you’re confused about their surprise. When do they think critically about anything? They are racist and hateful. When (not if) things finally come around to hurt them they will cry foul. They deserve all their suffering.

    • dick_fineman@discuss.online
      6·
      22 hours ago

      Well most of them have brain damage, and still think he gives a fuck about anything other than being a soft richie-bitch. It’d be funny if it weren’t so sad. No, I was wrong, it’s still fucking hilarious.

      • ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online
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        5 hours ago

        Given how many kids he has fucked his entire life and lifelong friendship with Epstein (who himself was a known pervert even back in his high school days), and his business failures and need for money that often came from the Mafia or foreign sources such as Russia, the fucker doesn’t have skeletons in the closet. He has more skeletons around his home and yard than a skeleton-obsessed Halloween decorator.

  • Atomic@sh.itjust.works
    42·
    1 day ago

    I just love, that even in this, they seem to find a way to still, blame Obama and Biden for it.

    This is what happens when you gut national-security training, scrub every mention of Islam, jihad, and Sharia from the manuals, and let Obama- and Biden-era bureaucrats turn counterterrorism into cultural sensitivity class. We’re being led by officials who no longer recognize or refuse to name the enemy they’re inviting into our own backyard.

    The cope is strong with that one.

  • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
    261·
    1 day ago

    Ah those MAGA cucks love getting fucked by Trump. It gets them off.

    They’ll complain and then tomorrow go “Yes daddy”

  • Scotty_Trees@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    1 day ago

    maga “betrayed” blah blah blah. stop every believe fascists are going to ever become decent people. all these maga people “leaving” the party is theatrical bullspit.

    • AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
      31·
      21 hours ago

      Fascists believe in inequality based on identity, so how could they ever feel betrayed by Trump doing outrageous things? They are DELIGHTED the more outrageous Trump acts, because he is their glorious king they wish they could be. They go “Oh gawd did you see what our leader did? I wish I could do that too!”. He’s their golden idol. All he has to do is keep promising them inequality in their favor.

  • ShittDickk@lemmy.world
    45·
    2 days ago

    I remember what happened the last time US trained middle eastern pilots in the late 90s / very early 2000s

  • w3dd1e@lemmy.zip
    59·
    2 days ago

    Just checked r/Conservative and they seem completely unfazed. They literally do not care.

      • 13igTyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        65·
        2 days ago

        God damn people are fucking stupid.

        “Twenty-four years after foreign nationals trained in our flight schools flew planes into our buildings, our leaders are inviting their financiers to train inside our bases. This is what happens when you gut national-security training, scrub every mention of Islam, jihad, and Sharia from the manuals, and let Obama- and Biden-era bureaucrats turn counterterrorism into cultural sensitivity class. We’re being led by officials who no longer recognize or refuse to name the enemy they’re inviting into our own backyard.”

        • smh@slrpnk.net
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          21 hours ago

          Ack, I keep reading that as

          We’re being led by officials who no longer [recognize] or [refuse to name] the enemy they’re inviting into our own backyard.

          And I’m thinking “wait, which is it? Are you upset the officials no longer recognize the enemy or because they no longer refuse to name the enemy?”

          I get what they’re trying to say, but it’s not clearly stated.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        2 days ago

        Jade Helm, back in '14/'15 was a massive military training exercise across the Southwest. We’d been saber rattling across North Africa and the Middle East for ages, so this was larger than normal but not inconsistent with US foreign policy. Just another day in the paradise of the imperial core.

        But Republican influencers and spokesdorks jumped on it as an actual invasion of the territory being practiced over. Then several of the state governors chimed in, demanding that Obama halt his occupation of their states. We had a big rash of “Should Texas be allowed to secede?!” discourse. Obama issued an apology or some dumb shit. Republicans declared victory. Yadda yadda.

    • wirebeads@lemmy.caEnglish
      245·
      2 days ago

      Mate, your civil war has already begun. Most of you don’t realize it yet though, but you will soon enough.

  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
    62·
    2 days ago

    For what legitimate purpose could Qatar have to put a military facility on Idaho? And Trump and Hegseth have absolutely no legitimate reason to allow it. Clearly payback for the bribery of the Plane and future bribes.

  • kautau@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Well at least now we know the price of opening an airbase in the US for non-NATO countries

  • salacious_coaster@infosec.pubEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Really, never? Seems like he fucks over his people at least once a week.

    This is what happens when you gut national-security training, scrub every mention of Islam, jihad, and Sharia from the manuals, and let Obama- and Biden-era bureaucrats turn counterterrorism into cultural sensitivity class.

    Christ on sale, these people are stupid. The GOP-led Congress could pass a law called the Fuck Our MAGA Simps In Particular Act, signed by Trump, and they’d still blame Obama.

        • Samskara@sh.itjust.works
          1517·
          2 days ago

          Training bases like that are often put in remote areas where low flying and the noise doesn’t disturb that many people. Qatar is tiny and they can’t really practice at home that well.

          • SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world
            22·
            2 days ago

            The joke/issue that you seem to be missing is that Idaho, in general but that area specifically, bought hard into the islamophobia propaganda campaign that was part of the fascist power grab of the early 00s and has only doubled down since.

            • turdcollector69@lemmy.world
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              2 days ago

              They weren’t justifying they were explaining the decision making process.

              It’s important to know why things happen even if it’s for reasons you don’t agree with.

              Singapore already has a base there for their F-15s, this isn’t anything new so the locals probably won’t care or even see the Qatari pilots.

              I don’t agree with any of this but I also don’t think we should let the media manipulate us with bait that isn’t going to go anywhere.

              We need to keep pressing Epstein, everything else is misdirection.

          • etherphon@midwest.socialEnglish
            6·
            2 days ago

            There is no land closer to home they can buy? On the other side of the world is the best option? Seems quite suspect.

            • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
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              1 day ago

              I think having it inside the US brings some security guarantees that the base is left alone. And it might’ve been part of some bigger deal, Qatar buys some US weapons and they throw in land for the base in return or something.

              • etherphon@midwest.socialEnglish
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                1 day ago

                It’s most certainly part of a bigger deal. If the plan to revive US manufacturing is to crank out weaponry count me out.

          • Pyr@lemmy.ca
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            2 days ago

            I would imagine there are a hundred other options for countries that would allow a training base that’s not in fucking Idaho that didn’t require a plane as a bribe.

  • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This is what happens when you gut national-security training, scrub every mention of Islam, jihad, and Sharia from the manuals, and let Obama- and Biden-era bureaucrats turn counterterrorism into cultural sensitivity class. We’re being led by officials who no longer recognize or refuse to name the enemy they’re inviting into our own backyard.’

    Wut.

  • Pyr@lemmy.ca
    22·
    2 days ago

    Do you regret giving him a pass for that $200 million plane bribe?

    • ultranaut@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      That’s about half the plane bribe, it’s actually estimated to be around $400 million. There’s also several billion more in Qatari bribes transferred via sketchy business deals involving Trump’s crypto scams, golf courses, hotels, etc.