After years of advocating "America First," President Donald Trump's administration, the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday, "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."It led to a...
I remember what happened the last time US trained middle eastern pilots in the late 90s / very early 2000s
Wow, was it something spectacular, eye opening, and thought provoking?
It was a cash cow for the defense industry.
It was definitely all those things, plus racist.
I remember people online said some racist shit that they had to tone down the training because Arabs are stupid and can’t fly.
In case you’re actually that ignorant, they’re referring to 9/11
Pretty racist but that’s still the point.
You may also be confusing this racism with the racism against Korean pilots but that’s a whole different asshole.
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I don’t want to take the bait, and I don’t even believe it…but:
they can fly but they can’t land.
Fuck you for making me do that.