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Bluetus

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11. I don't think that's the point.

Reply to Disaffected (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:14 PM

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Obviously this has nothing to do with any troops getting a guided tour. The media will never identify any soldier that got such a tour.

And it is probably not about a maintenance requirement, although could be. Possibly something minor they needed to fix at the base in the UK.

IMHO, it is most likely that in the rush to put Trump's ass on a golden toilet at 40,000 feet, they left out some security counter-measures. And in the course of this Turkey trip, they picked up intelligence that made them think the grift plane could be attacked.

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