Peloni: America has a Qatar problem, a Turkey problem and a Muslim Brotherhood problem. The Trump administration believes that they can leverage profits over the ideology which drives these entities, and in this they are gravely mistaken. This issue must be addressed at home, but so too, it must be adressed in the region. The center of Centcom should be relocated elsewhere, and the forces concentrated there should be dispersed. Qatar is no ally, and its infiltration of Western agencies, its indoctrination of Western education, and its propaganda promoted by its media empire in Al Jazeera demonstrates this fact.
Natalie Ecanow
An aerial overhead view of “Ops Town” at at Al Udeid Air Base (AB), Al Rayyan Province, Qatar (QAT), taken from a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.. Photo by US gov – ResearchArchive.gov, Public Domain, Wikipedia
It’s been a busy week at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. On January 14, the U.S. military started evacuating some troops from America’s largest base in the Persian Gulf region in anticipation of potential strikes against Iran. The U.S. Embassy in Doha also advised staff to “limit non-essential travel” to Al Udeid. However, the skies over Iran remained quiet, and U.S. troops began returning to the base on January 15. Al Udeid hosts approximately 10,000 troops and is home to U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) forward headquarters.
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