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2008-09-22 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Steve White 2008-09-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10326 views ] Top

#1 and some cookies.....oh and don't forget the milk...lots of milk

Posted by Classer 2008-09-22 00:54|| 2008-09-22 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 "Before we had to go to Washington to beg for money. Not now. Now we negotiate with the Chinese,"

He'll have to que up properly to the Chinese Communists. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now enjoy... Most-Favored status.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-22 04:30|| 2008-09-22 04:30|| Front Page Top

#3 A fighter plane is only as good as the pilot. I have no faith the Venezualan pilots would put up any kind of fight against the US. I wonder if we might find Venezuelan pilots speaking Russian for the next decade or so.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-09-22 11:20|| 2008-09-22 11:20|| Front Page Top

#4 If the planes aren't any better than the baby milk, dog food, autos, etc, etc., the Hugos in trouble. Let's not tell him and let him find out himself.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-09-22 16:01|| 2008-09-22 16:01|| Front Page Top

#5 The cutting edge of Sino-Pakistani aircraft technology!

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-22 16:16|| 2008-09-22 16:16|| Front Page Top

#6 The J-* can also be used as a ground-attack/COIN aircraft. As far as Venezuelan pilots - no doubt a sizable cadre of trainers comes along with the support package.

Posted by Pappy 2008-09-22 17:39|| 2008-09-22 17:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Interesting that he bought this plane from China instead of buying more AMX's (a similar type of plane, can be used for light attack or training) from Brazil (you know, leftist government, right next door, etc)?

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-22 17:51|| 2008-09-22 17:51|| Front Page Top

#8 For all the money stuffed suitcases Hugo sent, you'd think the prez of Argentina would let him have a few Pucaras.

Posted by ed 2008-09-22 17:56|| 2008-09-22 17:56|| Front Page Top

#9 The point isn't to have planes. The point is to invite former communist powers into the American hemisphere.

Posted by lotp 2008-09-22 19:14|| 2008-09-22 19:14|| Front Page Top

#10 These the same planes taken out by one of our turboprop electronic eavesdropping planes? HA!

Posted by Last Breath Farm Resident 2008-09-22 20:40|| 2008-09-22 20:40|| Front Page Top

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