Trump�s terrible blunder on Qatar

[Sparko]

If you back "back" back-to-back back into the sentence correctly you can get 5 instances in 6 words.

^--- if you say that fast enough you sound like a

[Teallaura]

I came back around to this thread. It seems to have backed up.

[Starlight]

Trump sells Qatar $12 billion of U.S. weapons days after accusing it of funding terrorism:

While President Trump berates Qatar for sponsoring terrorism at the highest levels, he is simultaneously authorizing the country to purchase over $21 billion of U.S. weapons.

One part of the deal was inked on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., when Qatar's Defense Minister met with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis.

"We are pleased to announce today the signing of the letter of offer and acceptance for the purchase of the F-15QA fighter jets, with an initial cost of $12 billion dollars," read the Qatari Defense Minister's statement on Wednesday afternoon.

Previously on Comedy Trump: Trump: Qatar must stop funding terrorism

I think it's safe to say that there's no coherency to the madness that is modern US conservatism, as exemplified by Trump.

[Tassman]

Trump sells Qatar $12 billion of U.S. weapons days after accusing it of funding terrorism:

While President Trump berates Qatar for sponsoring terrorism at the highest levels, he is simultaneously authorizing the country to purchase over $21 billion of U.S. weapons.

One part of the deal was inked on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., when Qatar's Defense Minister met with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis.

"We are pleased to announce today the signing of the letter of offer and acceptance for the purchase of the F-15QA fighter jets, with an initial cost of $12 billion dollars," read the Qatari Defense Minister's statement on Wednesday afternoon.

Previously on Comedy Trump: Trump: Qatar must stop funding terrorism

I think it's safe to say that there's no coherency to the madness that is modern US conservatism, as exemplified by Trump.

There are those who are saying Trump is embittered because, as Qatari businessmen are asking themselves, a http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7788151.html

[One Bad Pig]

Trump sells Qatar $12 billion of U.S. weapons days after accusing it of funding terrorism:

While President Trump berates Qatar for sponsoring terrorism at the highest levels, he is simultaneously authorizing the country to purchase over $21 billion of U.S. weapons.

One part of the deal was inked on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., when Qatar's Defense Minister met with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis.

"We are pleased to announce today the signing of the letter of offer and acceptance for the purchase of the F-15QA fighter jets, with an initial cost of $12 billion dollars," read the Qatari Defense Minister's statement on Wednesday afternoon.

Previously on Comedy Trump: Trump: Qatar must stop funding terrorism

I think it's safe to say that there's no coherency to the madness that is modern US conservatism, as exemplified by Trump.

Sorry, you're going to have to spell out for me how F-15s help sponsor terrorism. Please use small words, so I can hopefully understand your argument.

[Teallaura]

Sorry, you're going to have to spell out for me how F-15s help sponsor terrorism. Please use small words, so I can hopefully understand your argument.

To be fair, he's probably thinking in terms of fungibility. If Qatar is a state sponsor, that's a valid point. Most 'sponsorship' is a lot more murky, however.

I'm gonna guess that there's a carrot element to the move but I'm not well enough read on it to take an actual position yet.

[One Bad Pig]

To be fair, he's probably thinking in terms of fungibility. If Qatar is a state sponsor, that's a valid point. Most 'sponsorship' is a lot more murky, however.

I'm gonna guess that there's a carrot element to the move but I'm not well enough read on it to take an actual position yet.

Fungibility is the property of a good or a commodity whose individual units are capable of mutual substitution (i.e., interchangeability). That is, it is the property of essences or goods which are "capable of being substituted in place of one another."

[Teallaura]

Fungibility is the property of a good or a commodity whose individual units are capable of mutual substitution (i.e., interchangeability). That is, it is the property of essences or goods which are "capable of being substituted in place of one another."

And if the nice sponsors have lovely new jets they can loan or sell the old ones to the nice terrorists.

At the very least, having more materiel makes it easier to sponsor those who have even more limited materiel.


Like I said, it only matters if Qatar is a state sponsor.

[One Bad Pig]

And if the nice sponsors have lovely new jets they can loan or sell the old ones to the nice terrorists.

At the very least, having more materiel makes it easier to sponsor those who have even more limited materiel.


Like I said, it only matters if Qatar is a state sponsor.

I'm pretty sure jets would be a first. I can see sending along man-portable stuff; jets would be a YUGE step up from that. And if they're spending all that money on jets, they have less to spread elsewhere.

[Teallaura]

I'm pretty sure jets would be a first. I can see sending along man-portable stuff; jets would be a YUGE step up from that. And if they're spending all that money on jets, they have less to spread elsewhere.

Sure - I'm not saying SL is correct, merely that I think I see what he was getting at and that it could be valid.