New Qatari Air Force Facility to Be Built in Idaho

JosephZ · Oct 10, 2025

Trump gets a Qatari jet and a golf course in Qatar; Qatar gets an air base in Idaho.

“Today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatar Emiri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho,” Hegseth told reporters. “It’s just another example of our partnership.”

Hegseth said that the facility would host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

Qatari Air Force Facility to Be Built in Idaho: Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the facility will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

time.com

Hans Blaster · Oct 10, 2025

JosephZ said:
Trump gets a Qatari jet and a golf course in Qatar; Qatar gets an air base in Idaho.

“Today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatar Emiri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho,” Hegseth told reporters. “It’s just another example of our partnership.”

Hegseth said that the facility would host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

Qatari Air Force Facility to Be Built in Idaho: Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the facility will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

time.com

Why?

Desk trauma · Oct 10, 2025

Hans Blaster said:
Why?

We’re for sale and they put in a winning bid.

Hans Blaster · Oct 10, 2025

Desk trauma said:
We’re for sale and they put in a winning bid.

I assume Trump will get his cut.

7thKeeper · Oct 10, 2025

Hans Blaster said:
Why?

Well Trump got his jet so...

Aryeh Jay · Oct 10, 2025

Hans Blaster said:
I assume Trump will get his cut.

Trump always gets his cut. 90% sounds fair.

Servus · Oct 10, 2025

7thKeeper said:
Well Trump got his jet so...

No, the US Air Force got that jet to use as Air Force One. It is not Trump's personal property.

Servus · Oct 10, 2025

Are there any complaints against Singapore having a base at Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho?

JosephZ · Oct 10, 2025

Servus said:
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How many of those countries fund and and provide a safe haven for terrorists?

wing2000 · Oct 10, 2025

Servus said:
Are there any complaints against Singapore having a base at Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho?

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....Singapore does not have a "military base" in Idaho.

The countries referenced do maintain training facilities hosted on U.S. military bases. Perhaps that's what Hegseth meant to convey?

Servus · Oct 10, 2025

wing2000 said:
....Singapore does not have a "military base" in Idaho.

The countries referenced do maintain training facilities hosted on U.S. military bases. Perhaps that's what Hegseth meant to convey?

The OP says: Hegseth said that the facility would host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

Servus · Oct 10, 2025

JosephZ said:
Do you have a problem with Qatar's long history of helping terrorists?

Sure, that's why it's a good idea to make Qutar an ally of the US rather than an ally of Hamas. I bet those on the left supporting Hamas are pretty upset over the idea of them losing support from Qutar.

JosephZ · Oct 10, 2025

Servus said:
Sure, that's why it's a good idea to make Qutar an ally of the US rather than an ally of Hamas. I bet those on the left supporting Hamas are pretty upset over the idea of them losing support from Qutar.

Qatar continues to support Hamas.

Servus · Oct 10, 2025

JosephZ said:
Qatar continues to support Hamas.

That shouldn't be a problem for the pro-Palestine/Hamas left of the US. It's is something the pro-Israel right should be complaining about.

ThatRobGuy · Oct 10, 2025

At the very least, it gives us a certain amount of pull.

The host country retains sovereignty over the land the base is on, so in theory...

"Qatar, you're giving some money and material aid to an entity we don't think you should... We'd advise that you stop otherwise we're sending in the bulldozers tomorrow"

As far as people giving the critique of "they support Hamas"... so now that matters? so does half of our graduate students in US universities. At least with them having a large investment here, it gives us some leverage.

If the people on the Qatar air force base start supporting Hamas a little too much, should they be deported if they're only on a temporary authorization to be here?

Or should we just prevent foreign nationals who support Hamas from even coming here in the first place?

BPPLEE · Oct 10, 2025

Pommer said:
What “left wing”?

Servus · Oct 10, 2025

Pommer said:
What “left wing”?

Gotta love pretense of ignorance posts. "Who are they?" is my favorite.

Servus · Oct 10, 2025

ThatRobGuy said:
At the very least, it gives us a certain amount of pull.

The host country retains sovereignty over the land the base is on, so in theory...

"Qatar, you're giving some money and material aid to an entity we don't think you should... We'd advise that you stop otherwise we're sending in the bulldozers tomorrow"

As far as people giving the critique of "they support Hamas"... so now that matters? so does half of our graduate students in US universities. At least with them having a large investment here, it gives us some leverage.

If the people on the Qatar air force base start supporting Hamas a little too much, should they be deported if they're only on a temporary authorization to be here?

Or should we just prevent foreign nationals who support Hamas from even coming here in the first place?

It's Hegseth / Trump - therefore it's automatically a very bad thing.

ThatRobGuy · Oct 10, 2025

Pommer said:
What “left wing”?

I'll field that question... (and even with a left-leaning source)

Pro-Palestinian Group at Columbia Now Backs ‘Armed Resistance’ by Hamas

Columbia University Apartheid Divest has withdrawn an apology it made last spring for a member who said “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”

www.nytimes.com

Per the NY Times article:
Citing revolutionary thinkers, like Vladimir Lenin and Frantz Fanon, it explained how solidarity was essential with members of the so-called Axis of Resistance — which includes Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Hamas — because they oppose imperialism.
Since then, the group has praised a Tel Aviv attack by Palestinian militants that killed seven people at a light rail station on Oct. 1, including a mother who died while shielding her 9-month-old baby. It also praised Iran’s missile attack on the Jewish state that began that evening, calling it a “bold move.”

On Tuesday, the group said it rescinded an apology it made last spring about the behavior of Khymani James, a student who had said in a disciplinary hearing that “Zionists don’t deserve to live,” and, “Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.”

Mahmoud Khalil was a quasi-leader and spokesman for that group, and people on the left were throwing a hissy fit about him being in line for deportation.

Does that sufficiently answer your question?

Trogdor the Burninator · Oct 11, 2025

Servus said:
It's Hegseth / Trump - therefore it's automatically a very bad thing.

I mean, it's the same Trump who denounced Qatar as "The nation of Qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

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