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2005-04-18 Israel-Palestine

StrategyPage: No F-35 (For Israel) Because of China Connection

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Posted by ed 2005-04-18 9:19:24 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Keep an eye open; there's sure to be spying going on.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-18 10:24:00 AM|| 2005-04-18 10:24:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 no French either!

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-18 10:52:22 AM|| 2005-04-18 10:52:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Of course, Israel could help hide those kill switches for us.

Jokes aside I'll add, however, that transferring tech received from the US, gratis (but even if they paid for it), to defend them really really pisses me off. They're not stupid and self-defeating, as are their enemies, so this has never made sense to me. Even given some unmitigated greed factor, I believe that nobody in the Israeli defense industry could transfer the good stuff without Govt knowledge - it's just too small of a group & territory for the Mossad to be fooled for more than a minute. Makes. No. Sense.

Posted by .com 2005-04-18 11:00:59 AM|| 2005-04-18 11:00:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 It's how they try to pay for their heavy defense expenses, .com. They did it with the Lavi fighter too ... made mostly with US tech, Congress finally overroad State Dept and killed that one as an Israeli plane for the IDF, but later they xfered the tech to China.

Posted by too true 2005-04-18 11:02:57 AM|| 2005-04-18 11:02:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 B@st@ards. They are still our only dependable ally in the Mid East, but this is the pits. If we find, during a war over Taiwan, that Israeli technology helped kill American servicemen, they can kiss their aid package goodbye.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-04-18 12:40:40 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-04-18 12:40:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 A dependable ally? A pain in the as client is more like it. I don't know what they've done for us ~~lately~~ ever. But they are a democracy in the ME and a lot of Americans have friends and relatives over there, so they can get away with more shit than the French.

If we find, during a war over Taiwan, that Israeli technology helped kill American servicemen, they can kiss their aid package goodbye.

Tell that to the dead from the U. S. S. Liberty.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-04-18 1:15:50 PM|| 2005-04-18 1:15:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Keep an eye open; there's sure to be spying going on.

Tip: Be real suspicious if there's a recommendation from a 'Jonathan J. Pollard' on a candidate's resume.

Posted by Pappy 2005-04-18 7:29:53 PM|| 2005-04-18 7:29:53 PM|| Front Page Top

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