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I love the amount of shit that is being lost here on both sides with this.
In 2017 Trump sold a bunch of F-15s to Qatar with an agreement to train pilots here in the US. In 2022 Biden sold Qatar a bunch of drones with the agreement to train pilots here in the US. There are a few reasons this makes sense, the topography around the airbase, the size of Qatar, the F-15 squadrons already in Mountain Home and their training infrastructure, the fact that Singapore has been training there since 2008, and some other shit.
Qatar isn't building an airbase, they are building a facility on an existing USAF airbase. A facility could be a small building or it could be a few buildings. We don't know and until we do I don't see why everyone is so riled up about a 3 and 8-year-old deal to train F-15 pilots.
Seriously, what's the deal? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there was probably some Quid Pro Quo especially knowing how much Donny loves to "renegotiate" deals and how he got that fancy plane from them but seriously what the fuck?
If I have the facts wrong school me, otherwise let's focus on the real shit.