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.
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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.
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.