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Keep them on ice just in case.Are you saying I don't have to ship you the 10 dozen Bretton oysters I've just bought then ?
Keep them on ice just in case.Are you saying I don't have to ship you the 10 dozen Bretton oysters I've just bought then ?
Are you saying I don't have to ship you the 10 dozen Bretton oysters I've just bought then ?
I think I might owe Sam a pint though.I will take them, plus I'm saving you money on posting them. Everybody wins.
You've got to hand it to Trump. He never seems to run out of ways to make himself look an even bigger fucking idiot than he already was.I know what you mean I guess but as I said, Trump is not representative of the US Government. He's just an easily led fucking idiot.
Qatar is safe as houses as it has both the States and Russians on side. Which is part of the reason KSA and the UAE are so annoyed as Qatar holds too much political sway for their liking.
They were back to normal within 48 hours.
The chicken, milk and eggs are also cheaper than they were before the 'blockade' (hate using that term as its pure hyperbole). They were the main food stuffs brought in by land.
The red meat is all NZ and Oz anyway.
Also and fwiw, Qatar could cripple the UAE by cutting off its gas supply at any time on the Doplin Pipeline. But it hasn't and it won't as everything will be back to normal with a couple of months at most. The smart money saying they will all be friends again during Eid (just over a week away).
The thing that annoys me most is cunts who profess to care about the situation but are simply looking for things to be hyperbolic about and blame on 'the west' when the situation is the polar opposite of that. The West is fucker off by the situation. This whole thing is down to Saudi and the UAE.
I think I might owe Sam a pint though.
In a rebuke to the countries boycotting Qatar, the US has suspended military exercises with its Gulf allies.
According to the Associated Press, US Central Command said the aim is to show that the military wants its allies in the region to work together.
“We are opting out of some military exercises out of respect for the concept of inclusiveness and shared regional interests,” the newswire cited Col. John Thomas, a Centcom spokesman, as saying.
Qatar is home to the largest US air base in the Middle East. President Donald Trump initially supported the blockade against Qatar in June.
But US officials are now working to end the months-long dispute.
Will it work?
GCC nations have not commented on the decision.
But analysts said it could be perceived as a “slap in the face” to the boycotting nations, which include Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Andreas Krieg, assistant professor at King’s College in London for defense studies and a former adviser to Qatar’s military said:
“Joint military exercises are essential for the Gulf militaries to build capability.
All Gulf states want to appeal to the U.S. as viable partners in achieving joint strategic interests, so this announcement is really a slap in the face,” he said.
Another analyst told the AP that the US appears to be running out of patience because the dispute is distracting from its war on terrorism.
One theory is that the Pentagon could step up pressure for reconciliation by freezing weapon sales to Gulf nations, as an American lawmaker suggested months ago.