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2024-04-11 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Intel report: Qatar’s funding, policies led directly to Oct. 7; it shouldn’t be key mediator

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Posted by trailing wife 2024-04-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [140 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Qatar (MB)

#1 And who are the Americans who champion relations with Qatar? Why, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Brookings, of course. Then there is the Pentagon that just loves its base in Qatar, just as much as Qatar appreciates the security it provides the Al-Thani family who run the place.

Posted by Huputle+Cherelet4131 2024-04-11 08:46|| 2024-04-11 08:46|| Front Page Top

#2 The Iraq invasion of Kuwait and then Operation Desert Storm that finally solidified ruling Al Thani family thinking that Qatar needed a powerful friend to ensure its survival. During the 1991 war, the USA-led coalition forces were welcomed in Qatar. Palestinians who opposed that opening were expelled. Following the war both Iraq and Iran remained threats to Qatar's petroleum interests and Qatar signed a defense pact with the USA. In one of history's great balancing acts, it is thanks to the United States interest in the Persian Gulf that Qatar has managed to survive the threats of three mortal enemies: Neither Saudi Arabia, Iran, nor Egypt would shed a tear if Qatar were effaced from the world's body politic. Still, although it is doubted that one in fifty Americans could find Qatar on a map, Qatar is an American protectorate.

Posted by Huputle+Cherelet4131 2024-04-11 10:18|| 2024-04-11 10:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Qatar is an American protectorate

Another American protectorate.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-11 10:47|| 2024-04-11 10:47|| Front Page Top

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