Sec’y of Defense Hegseth announced on 10/10/25: “Today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatar Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.” [FN1] A foreign power builds a military base on the soil of another country to use that base militarily, 1/5

something the United States has done frequently. To build a base is different from having planes from another country use one of our bases, such as “Singapore’s air force F-15SG fighter jets” as a different Idaho base. [FN2] This needs to be stopped. These are moves in an end game 2/5

of a coup. As was demonstrated this week, our country still has a semblance of rule of law, as the National Guard deployment was brought to a halt in Illinois. That’s tough to do if the military forces are from another country. trump can say: “I can’t order them around.” And then 3/5

there’s the “problem” of any free speech at that base. Qatar’s a dictatorship. They won’t take kindly to picket signs. I’ve made this blog short. This needs to be stopped. Congress needs to be back in session. This is a military force for use against us: it must be stopped NOW. 4/5

Footnotes:
FN1. Filip Timotija, “Hegseth says US will host Qatari air force facility in Idaho,” The Hill, 10/10/25, accessed 10/11/25.
FN2. Id. 5/5