Trump’s New Islamic Extremist “Allies” — Syrian and Qatari Regimes

Is the ghost of Dick Cheney (CFR) haunting the Trump administration? During the George W. Bush administration, Vice President Cheney and a coterie of CFR neocon war hawks known as “The Vulcans” (Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Stephen Hadley, Robert Gates, and Paul Wolfowitz) dragged America into a series of “forever wars” and “regime change” interventions. Accompanying these misadventures was the continuation of the policies of previous Democratic and Republican administrations’ musical-chair alliances, in which yesterday’s “terrorist” becomes today’s “noble ally” (and then tomorrow turns on us and is again designated a terrorist).

Donald Trump pledged that he would cease these disastrous policies. However, his recent policies with regard to Syria and Qatar call that pledge into question. Are Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth channeling the Cheney/Vulcan spirit? It seems so.

The recent White House reception for Syrian “President” Ahmed al-Sharaa was odd, to say the least. Our government had previously designated him as a terrorist, with a $10 million bounty on his head. (See: From al-Qaeda to the Oval Office: Trump’s New Syrian Partner).

Qataris Training in Idaho

Then there was the announcement last month of plans to open a training facility for Qatar at the U.S. Air Force Base in Mountain Home, Idaho. Besides hosting Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthi terrorist leaders, the Qatari government hosts (and funds) the militant Islamist propaganda of the Al Jazeera media conglomerate.

The Trump-Rubio/Qatar move is a continuation (and expansion) of the Biden-Blinken/Qatar move carried out by former President Joe Biden, his Secretary of State Antony Blinken (CFR), and other CFR minions over the past several years. (See here, here, and here.) Idaho’s citizens and elected officials were caught off guard by the announcement that Qatari soldiers and airmen would be coming to the Gem State. On October 16, Idaho’s Republican Governor Brad Little, Senators James Risch and Mike Crapo, and Representative Mike Simpson (in whose district the Air Force base is located) sent a letter to Secretary Hegseth requesting a briefing and noting that “we were given no advance notice that this agreement had been finalized or that it was going to be formally announced.” Among the questions they want answers to are:

• Given the technological capabilities of the Mountain Home AFB range complex, what measures will be implemented to safeguard against any compromise to our national security
• What screening, intelligence, or vetting processes are in place to ensure no trainees have ties to hostile or extremist organizations?
• Are there any specific security concerns for the surrounding communities and for U.S. military personnel stationed at Mountain Home AFB?
• How many Qatari personnel will be involved in the training mission?
• How long will they be deployed to Idaho?

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