Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced an agreement to build a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at a U.S. Air Force Base in Idaho.

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    3 days ago

    I’m not saying in good with this, but the US has military bases everywhere.

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      3 days ago

      I’m asking about the other way around. How many non-US bases are in the US already?

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      Simply put, if a person is voting specifically with the interests of the united states and not other countries in mind, those are arguably beneficial to us, whether or not they’ve caused issues for other countries (they have), just as this is not beneficial and indeed possibly actively harmful to the states

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      True, but they were built under the pretence of protecting those nations from the Soviets during the cold war.