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2019-10-03 Arabia

US military pullout from #Qatar indicates instability in #Washington

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Posted by Fred 2019-10-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 An Air Force HQ is moving from Qatar to Shaw AFB (in SC). The huge Al-Udeid Air Base is still there and operational. This will make it easier to wage war against Iran since the Air HQ will no longer have to be protected against attack.

Posted by Harry Angomoque6080 2019-10-03 01:03|| 2019-10-03 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Good catch. I'm sure the Persians have figured this out, and can grasp the implications. PressTV is just lying as usual.

Posted by Lex 2019-10-03 01:05|| 2019-10-03 01:05|| Front Page Top

#3 A smaller HQ footprint at forward base Qatar will enable a surge from CONUS back to Qatar as the need arises, or elsewhere. Same strategy was employed by ARCENT (Army Central Command) at Camp Doha, Kuwait in the late 1990's.

Economy of force as it were. A wise move.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-03 02:04|| 2019-10-03 02:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes, wise.

More and more, one gets the feeling that the only competent, reasonably honest and at least minimally well-managed large institution in this country is our military.

Posted by Lex 2019-10-03 02:11|| 2019-10-03 02:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Pearl Harbor avoidance.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-03 02:13|| 2019-10-03 02:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Did the US Navy draw down its shore facilities and HQs in Qatar? I knew a guy that was a Navy staff officer in Qatar for large chunks of the WOT. He was a reservist and kept getting (voluntarily) reactivated.

Posted by magpie 2019-10-03 02:36|| 2019-10-03 02:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Naval Support Activity Bahrain is a United States Navy base, situated in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and United States Fifth Fleet

Posted by Frank G 2019-10-03 09:29|| 2019-10-03 09:29|| Front Page Top

#8 You say: "More and more, one gets the feeling that the only competent, reasonably honest and at least minimally well-managed large institution in this country is our military." If that is so, why was the US in Qatar in the first place. The ruling al=Thani family has been for decades a major funder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Nonetheless, despite this knowledge, first the military and then the Clinton Foundation, Brookings and others NGOs have screwed around in Qatar.

Posted by Chereting Pelosi1889 2019-10-03 09:35|| 2019-10-03 09:35|| Front Page Top

#9 i feel sorry for anyone moved too shaw air base,

Posted by chris 2019-10-03 11:45|| 2019-10-03 11:45|| Front Page Top

#10 Ref #9: i feel sorry for anyone moved too shaw air base, Posted by chris

Might be safe with 'on base' housing. Otherwise, not so much.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-03 12:16|| 2019-10-03 12:16|| Front Page Top

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