Donald Trump has discovered the single source of all terrorism. A tiny spot that he can squelch with a few bombing runs—and it’ll be easy, because US bombers are already based there.
Qatar is a Connecticut-sized state that juts out into the Persian Gulf. It’s home to one of the largest US military bases in the Middle East, where 11,000 US military personnel launch strikes across the region. While on his World Embarrassment Tour, Donald Trump dropped in on the Emir and, according to the press pool report, made him a nice offer.
[Trump] said the two nations have "been friends now for a long time," and previewed the "very serious discussions" they would have. "One of the things that we will discuss is the purchase of lots of beautiful military equipment because nobody makes it like the United States. And for us that means jobs and it also means frankly great security back here, which we want."
He told the emir it was an honor to be with him. They shook hands but the emir did not speak.
Maybe it was the handshake. Maybe it was the not-speaking. Maybe it was the authoritative source that pointed Trump in the direction of Doha.
“So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!”
Saudi Arabia pointed out Qatar as the place that funds terrorism. Well, the Saudis should know. After all, 15 of the 9/11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia. None came from Qatar.
But if we’re just talking funding …
For years, individuals and charities based in Saudi Arabia were the most important source of funds for al-Qaeda, according to a 2002 CFR Task Force Report.
But hey, Qatar does get mentioned.
Grossing as much as $40 million or more over the past two years, ISIS has accepted funding from government or private sources in the oil-rich nations of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait—and a large network of private donors, including Persian Gulf royalty, businessmen and wealthy families.
Now that the Saudis have identified Qatar as the only place we have to deal with to destroy terrorism, the only question is … will we sell them the weapons we used to destroy them? At a discount, of course.