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[–] VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This sounds horrible for security. Yeah, let's accept a new Air Force One from a shady foreign state. Surely it's completely safe and not wired at all.

[–] cuteness@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The very same foreign government who hacked Jeff Bezos phone and assassinated a US citizen. Both of which happened during Trumps first term.

[–] LorIps@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

No it isn't? That was Saudi Arabia. And Khashoggi wasn't a citizen, just a green card holder. Qatar is mostly known for harbouring the leadership of Hamas

[–] viking@infosec.pub 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And exploiting Indian, Nepalese and Bangladeshi workers for ridiculous high risk construction sites.

[–] LorIps@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but every one of the Oil empires does that. They also treat women like shit and fund the bombing of Yemen.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Qatar is mostly known for harbouring the leadership of Hamas

Brave, but I think qatar has a much broader history and current reality than its minimal resistance to genocide.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It sure does have some history. Even recent history!

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What’s wrong with Hamas? Don’t nearly all Western states have favorable relations with Israel despite the illegal occupation since 1967 and the genocide since 2023? Why pick on the Palestinian government in Gaza? Why would Qatar having relations with them be bad?

Also “oil empire”, get real. Unless you mean the USA.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Qatar is absolutely an oil empire. 60% of their GDP comes from oil.

Either way, regardless of what country it comes from, using a gifted plane from a foreign government as air force one is wild.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

eh, it's not from israel so it'll probably be fine

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Would you use ‘shady’ to describe all foreign states or just the Arab ones?

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I don't think Qatar, after the whole slavery scams and worker deaths that hit the news for the FIFA World Cup, is the one you want to be defending here. They are shady, regardless what region they are in.

Also, false dichotomy. Not all foreign states are shady, some non-Arab foreign states can be shady, and Qatar could still be shady.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

Just all shady foreign states. Maybe just the ones murdering journalists and sawing them into little pieces?