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2010-11-15 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Second Squadron Of F-35s Is an Offer Hard To Refuse

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Posted by Sherry 2010-11-15 02:31|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 By then the equation will look totally different.

Posted by gorb 2010-11-15 03:57|| 2010-11-15 03:57|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a pig in a poke.

Bambi can hold up delivery of the planes at any point in time. This means the Israelis have to play ball on the housing front -- and everything else.

If I were Benji I'd say, "no thanks, I'll wait to see what President Palin offers me."

Posted by Steve White 2010-11-15 09:27|| 2010-11-15 09:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Giving the US a 90 day moratorium also gets a promise from the US not to demand another moratorium.

The 20 additional F-35s can also be 'traded' for other assets during the pre-delivery period. Such a thing has happened before.

The downside of the 90 day moratorium seems pretty low compared to the upside.

Posted by Lord Garth 2010-11-15 14:24|| 2010-11-15 14:24|| Front Page Top

#4 If you start with the intrinsic worth of a verbal promise from the great and powerful O any downside, of necessity, would HAVE to be exactly zero.

Posted by Lurker z 2010-11-15 14:57|| 2010-11-15 14:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Compare wid WAFF > [StrategyPage]THE SAD SAUDI SECRET.

Despite the KSA being Oil-rich + buying up modern US-Western mil equipment, LACK OF COMMAND/PROFESSIONAL INITIATIVE + DECISIONMAKING = e.g. the SAUDI AIR FORCE is almost akin to that famous CPLAAF ACE/CRACK AIR UNIT known as the HAVE-PLANE/JET-WILL-CRASH INDIAN AIR FORCE???

* MEMRI > {Net = Online] JIHADISTS DISCUSS US,COALITION AL-UDEID AIR BASE IN QATAR, ASKING [how]"CAN IRAN ATTACK IT?", + do so successfully???

* TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > ISRAEL is planning to deploy its "IRON DOME" BMDS circa 2015, vee threat from IRAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-11-15 22:34|| 2010-11-15 22:34|| Front Page Top

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