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Compare CNN of today with CNN during Desert Storm. The "N" in the middle has become "n".
An old friend of mine, now deceased, used to refer to it as the "Cable Noise Network."
From our correspondent in Doha. The base being referred to is Al Udeid.
As for Qatar it is absolutely ops normal. The base is fully open again, the city is open for business and even the airport has mostly worked through the backlog. I took my family to the airport last night and their flight departed on time.
This being said, I think the repercussions will be felt for a while yet. There is a full court press on positive publicity for sure and I think the powers that be are secretly very concerned about an exodus of expats.
People have now ‘seen behind the curtain’. It will be interesting to have face to face chats with people at work to see what the general feeling is.
And remember it’s the wives not the spouses that will drive the decision making. Us ex military people can be remarkably sanguine about the whole thing but the families were decidedly unamused by the events of Monday night.
I had actually decided last summer that we would leave this summer and was very lucky to secure a good job at home.
My family won’t be back. With summer leave taken into account I only have a few weeks left before I leave permanently as well.