McCain Institute cozies up to Qatar front groups

[libertybele]

McCain Institute cozies up to Qatar front groups

Cindy McCain, the widow of deceased Republican Sen. John McCain, and the McCain Institute have continued to cozy up to two shadowy front groups that work to advance the interests of a theocratic Middle Eastern regime...........

..........Whistleblowers, however, have shown that while SIGA and ICSS claim to be sports-oriented organizations, they merely act as a front for more nefarious purposes. SIGA, which was formed by ICSS, a group that is entirely controlled by the nation of Qatar, has created tremendous inroads in the United States thanks to the support of the McCain family. Since SIGA’s 2017 founding, Cindy McCain and the McCain Institute have offered SIGA the legitimacy it needs to pursue further partnerships and collaboration with international brands such as Mastercard and Deloitte and high-profile international organizations like UNESCO.....

......The McCain Institute has for the past few years co-hosted other events with ICSS and SIGA, offering credibility to the Qatari front groups, which appear ultimately intended to expand Qatar’s influence abroad and protect its selection for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The McCain family ties to Qatar go back many years, but a strong bond began to form during the 2011 Arab Spring.....

..........Unfortunately, the Arab Spring quickly became an Islamist Winter. The supposed democracy movement empowered Islamist and jihadi groups with the political momentum to topple U.S. allies and sow chaos in the region.

Over the next few years, McCain continued to offer strong support to Qatar and other nations’ arming and funding of “rebel” jihadist groups in Syria and Libya......

.....The McCain Institute did not respond to a request for comment.

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/mccain-institute-cozies-middle-east-regime-front-groups/

[mountaineer]

Sounds like Cindy could merge her group with Jimmy Carter's foundation and not miss a pro-Islamoterrorist step.

[libertybele]

Sounds like Cindy could merge her group with Jimmy Carter's foundation and not miss a pro-Islamoterrorist step.

Exactly.  With people like the McCain's in this country, who needs enemies?

[TomSea]

https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/05/middleeast/qatar-us-largest-base-in-mideast/index.html

Maybe the US should stop sharing a base in Qatar to begin with, if one is so critical.

Qatar Diplomatic Crisis Engulfs a Major US Military Base
Associated Press | By Jon Gambrell

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Qatar's emir is persona non grata to four U.S.-allied Arab states that accuse his wealthy Gulf nation of sponsoring extremists, but he recently received a warm welcome at the sprawling military base his troops share with thousands of American soldiers.

Qatar's al-Udeid Air Base, a crucial staging ground for U.S. operations in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, is one of several American military outposts across the Gulf that are intended to serve as a bulwark against Iran, but now put Washington in a delicate balancing act.

Read more at: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/09/14/qatar-diplomatic-crisis-engulfs-major-us-military-base.html

Qatar is big allies with Turkey, both countries are problematic. Qatar probably less so.... all of those countries have at least, segments of the population that support hard-core Salafist influenced terrorism.

The World Cup? I suppose those happen every 4 years,  I don't care for Qatar, they bribed their way to get it, it sounds like but in the long run, I'm not sure of any great damage done.