Posted on 12/06/2019 10:05:26 AM PST by TexasGurl24
UPDATE 11:50 a.m. The shooting suspect at NAS Pensacola was an aviation student from Saudi Arabia, the Associated Press is reporting.
The AP is reporting that authorities are investigating if the shooting was terrorism-related.
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Yes one would think so
Typical lazy journalist calling him a student
I did finally find a source describing him a member of the Saudi military
We train them to fly fighters.
“ How long had he been in the US?”
Apparently since before 1/20/17.
My response is a statement of what is, not an endorsement of that.
We sell arms to the Saudis amongst many other nations. When you sell a system, be it aircraft, ships, or tanks, the purchaser usually wont buy unless they are assured some training to go along with it. Otherwise the sale is pretty useless. So thats going to be part of your answer. The other part of your answer is that as part of our defense partnerships with other countries, we offer to cross train or allow cross tours, so that if and when we have to fight alongside each other, we have people who understand the way we coordinate to make a combined op successful.
I am pretty certain that answer does not satisfy your question. Again, I am not endorsing every case of it. But that is the answer.
Given how two-faced the majority of our European NATO allies have become, it’s becoming tough to see the Saudis (who have not insulted, impugned, or tried to help overthrow Trump as have our European “allies” have) are any worse of a threat.
Was he shouting Allahu Akbar?
The Ministry of Propaganda has helpfully advised us that means “this has nothing to do with Islam”.
Some person did something to other persons.
NASP trains Naval Aviators... Naval Aviators that land on carriers at sea... WTF was a RSAF guy doing there , Last time I checked, Saudi didn’t have any carriers.
Nuance doesn’t have much audience here
But you are correct
Wahhabism ruled by a pragmatic king trumps Iranian mullah kleptocracy any day in the age of New Clear weapons
“Saudi aviation student” should remind us all of those “Saudi aviation students” who ended up flying planes on 9/11........
But alas our leaders say the Saudis are our allies and friends.......
> Get these Muslims OUT of our military, NOW. This is Obamas effing stain. <
Obama? He’s not the one who set the tone.
“Islam is peace.”
George W. Bush
Then they should be taught to fly the aircraft they’re buying in their own countries. If not, what happens when one of these religious wack jobs from the Mideast decides to fly a fighter aircraft into high profile targets, like the White House etc...
The two biggest Presidential disasters in American history.
Why was an aviation student from Saudi Arabia allowed to be armed on a military base in the first place?
Perhaps we might consider screening foreigners more closely.
Good gosh, when I read that, I can hear that in their voices, because it’s what they would say.
We let them in and than we ask after wards “UH WHAT HAPPENED” Muslims happened..we let them in and ask questions later
Extensive pilot and tech support training has to be included when selling military aircraft and civilian airliners.
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