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2005-07-24 Europe

Pentagon authorizes sale of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Spain

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Posted by john 2005-07-24 12:13|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What's the point of selling modern weaponry to cowards who refuse to stay and fight with us in the war?

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-07-24 15:05|| 2005-07-24 15:05|| Front Page Top

#2 So Zappy can turn around and offer them to his Chinese masters?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-24 15:14|| 2005-07-24 15:14|| Front Page Top

#3 So WTF is the deal here? Are we keeping good relations with the Spanish military in hopes that the appeaser political leadership goes away? I do not get it.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-07-24 15:15|| 2005-07-24 15:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Things like this make me wonder which foggy-bottomed idiot in the higher Pentagon/State department made that decision. Obviously, the Spanish government is no longer friendly to the US and I wouldn't be surprised if they sold us down river.
This type of thinking got us into trouble with Iran, Iraq, Soviet Union, China, Central America, South America, etc.
You think these people would learn by now.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-24 16:59|| 2005-07-24 16:59|| Front Page Top

#5 perhaps they will be delivered by air?

Posted by Thease Phomong2741 2005-07-24 18:05|| 2005-07-24 18:05|| Front Page Top

#6 They know they'll never use them so why not make a buck.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2005-07-24 18:56|| 2005-07-24 18:56|| Front Page Top

#7 The US and Spanish Navy are thicker than thieves... it's a good thing. Besides the strategic value of 50 THawks not that great. This is late '70s technology.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-24 19:18|| 2005-07-24 19:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Spain is not an ally. Send them to India.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-07-24 19:27|| 2005-07-24 19:27|| Front Page Top

#9 What if the software was, um, adjusted, so that no matter what coordinate way-points were programmed in by the end-user, they would be overridden by a circular course - i.e. Return to Sender - set?

Posted by .com 2005-07-24 19:34|| 2005-07-24 19:34|| Front Page Top

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