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US doesn't need Qatar air base if Qatar won't support our fight against terrorism

It’s time to end the Washington myth that the United States must tread carefully in confronting Qatar over its support for Iran, Hamas and radical Islamic groups in order to avoid losing access to a strategic U.S. air base.

As someone who helped establish U.S. air operations in Qatar in 2001, I can say two things with great confidence: the U.S. military can leave Qatar just as quickly and painlessly as it arrived; and Qatar needs America far more than America needs Qatar.

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/12/01/us-doesnt-need-qatar-air-base-if-qatar-wont-support-our-fight-against-terrorism.html