Posted on 05/14/2025 10:32:17 PM PDT by McGruff
President Donald Trump on Thursday will visit a U.S. installation at the center of American involvement in the Middle East...
Trump plans to address troops at Qatar’s al-Udeid Air Base, which was a major staging ground during the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and supported the recent U.S. air campaign against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. The president has held up Gulf nations like Saudi Arabia and Qatar as models for economic development in a region plagued by conflict as he works to entice Iran to come to terms with his administration on a deal to curb its nuclear program.
The Qatari base houses some 8,000 U.S. troops, down from about 10,000 at the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
The gas-rich Gulf country has spent some $8 billion over two decades in developing the base, built on a flat stretch of desert about 20 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of Qatar’s capital, Doha. The base was once considered so sensitive that American military officers would say only that it was somewhere “in southwest Asia.”
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Do they make women wear head coverings there? Honestly I’d love to visit one of those oil rich Arab countries one day. Everything looks so clean and modern.
About 45 years ago, a good friend and colleague went to Saudi Arabia for an energy job. He had his wife with him and she brought some fashion magazines with her. The Saudi immigration people took black magic markers and covered up all the women models wearing lingerie with black ink!
Can we impeach him now. /s
A visit by President Trump probably will raise troop moral as well or better than a two-day pass.
I’ve been to Abu Dhabi, Oman and Dubai.......Clean and Modern like you wouldn’t believe!! VERY IMPRESSIVE!!
I haven’t been to the region since the mid 90s. Doha has some remarkable changes.
Everything is now clean and modern.
In some ways I miss the souls and styles of the past.
Hope you get a chance to visit soon.
Head coverings is not a requirement in Qatar but modest dress is required outside of hotels. No shorts, for men or women. And keep your arms cover outside.
Trump visiting the troops - great thing - but possible because he isn’t going to
Turkey because Ukraine Russia peace talks falling apart.
.@POTUS delivers remarks to troops at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar: "I’m thrilled to be here with the men and women who embody American strength and pride, the warriors of the United States Armed Forces! ... You are without a doubt the greatest fighting force in the history of the world ... and as your Commander-in-Chief, I'm here to say that America’s Military will soon be bigger, better, stronger, and more powerful than ever before."
Awesome!
Biggest morale booster in 4-1/2 years
“Honestly I’d love to visit one of those oil rich Arab countries one day. Everything looks so clean and modern.”
I hear that Dubai is as safe as Tokyo or Singapore...and for people wanting to know why, just commit a crime and find out what happens to you.
Bring The Boys Home !!
Neo isolationists endanger American security
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