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Russia Says It's Ready to Arm Saudi Arabia
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| 2-13-05
Posted on 02/13/2005 8:29:18 AM PST by SJackson
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posted on
02/13/2005 8:29:18 AM PST
by
SJackson
To: SJackson
Russia (and France and China) armed Saddam Hussein with illegal weapons, even AFTER we went to war. This is not surprising, although there is reason for alarm with Russias hard turn to the "good ole days".
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posted on
02/13/2005 8:33:15 AM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: SJackson
Ok, now I'm confused.
I thought Russia wanted the US to stop our ally ties with Saudi Arabia?
Now Russia wants to ally with them?
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posted on
02/13/2005 8:39:00 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: SJackson
The US is the largest arms dealer in the world, and now Russia wants to be. Must you be a liberal to see war profiteerism as a seedy business?
To: SJackson
None of this matters. The Saudis could have a trillion dollars worth of weaponry, and they would still be defenseless.
Their entire economy is supported by Western technicians. If we pulled out, it would collapse in months. And their armed forces have no training or temperament to fight a serious war, much less a high-tech one.
This is just a lame attempt to get Washington's attention, because it's obvious that one of the items on Bush's to-do list is reforming Saudi Arabia, which means getting rid of the corrupt and repulsive House of Saud. The Saudis are just about out of cards to play, with money being about the only one they have left. So they spend money to send a message, knowing if push came to shove, it would do them no good.
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posted on
02/13/2005 9:02:14 AM PST
by
SJackson
( Bush is as free as a bird, He is only accountable to history and God, Ra'anan Gissin)
To: Joe Bonforte
Their entire economy is supported by Western technicians. If we pulled out, it would collapse in months. And their armed forces have no training or temperament to fight a serious war, much less a high-tech one. Its useful to know that we have provided SA with weapons and infrastructure (air traffic control) for years. We cannot very well argue that other countrys should not do the same. I always thought it would be smart to put a (shut down switch) in the F 16s we have sold them. Perhaps radio activated from US planes?
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posted on
02/13/2005 9:19:22 AM PST
by
KC_for_Freedom
(Sailing the highways of America, and loving it.)
To: SJackson; Salem; F15Eagle; FBD; ApesForEvolution; dennisw; MeekOneGOP; TrueBeliever9; ...
I FEEL A MAJOR DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE LUKE - - ping.
(If you know *anything* about Biblical prophesy, this will make your toenails curl .)
Meggido . . where is Megiddo?
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Moscow is preparing its first major defense contract with Saudi Arabia, the world's largest arms buyer that has traditionally spent its petrodollars on U.S.-made weapons.
The deal is part of a strategy aimed at diversifying Russia's arms buyers away from China and India, Sergei Chemezov, general director of state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport, told reporters Wednesday.
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posted on
02/13/2005 9:36:51 AM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(Long ago and far, far away there once was a shining land they called "America" . . .)
To: Joe Bonforte
Their entire economy is supported by Western technicians. If we pulled out, it would collapse in months. And their armed forces have no training or temperament to fight a serious war, much less a high-tech one. Saudi is a rich welfare state. Their men will not fight. I used to work at a defense contractor that got a huge contract with Saudi, and I got to interact with Saudi officers. I was not impressed
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posted on
02/13/2005 9:41:06 AM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(We are going to fight until hell freezes over and then we are going to fight on the ice)
To: Calpernia
This is like selling a computer to a illerate kid...nothing good can come out of this deal.
To: pepsionice
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posted on
02/13/2005 9:45:19 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Happy2BMe
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posted on
02/13/2005 9:56:03 AM PST
by
ApesForEvolution
(I just took a Muhammad and wiped my Jihadist with Mein Koran...come and get me nutbags.)
To: KC_for_Freedom
I was thinking along the same lines (hidden shut down utilities) for all of our high tech military exports. You never know when technology we sell will be used against us. We sold Stingers to the Mujaheedeen after Russia went in to Afghanistan in 1979. ... The tables of history turn.
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posted on
02/13/2005 9:57:59 AM PST
by
Bald Eagle777
(The Chinese military is the opposition force. Traitors at home aid and abet them.)
To: SJackson
Weapons sales are as old as history. Everyone improves on their armaments sooner or later, even Morocco.
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posted on
02/13/2005 10:01:26 AM PST
by
jolie560
To: Happy2BMe
I FEEL A MAJOR DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE LUKE - - ping. Russia's just flexing it's foreign policy muscles, after taking some time off from training. It's not surprising they'd focus on the middle east
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posted on
02/13/2005 10:06:01 AM PST
by
SJackson
( Bush is as free as a bird, He is only accountable to history and God, Ra'anan Gissin)
To: Happy2BMe
(If you know *anything* about Biblical prophesy, this will make your toenails curl .)
Meggido . . where is Megiddo?
Yeah, I know more than a little about Biblical prophecy, with a doctorate in theology. I can tell you that the Valley of Meggido would not hold one division, much less all the armies of the world. I'm always amazed at the clowns who stand on Megiddo and look out at the Valley of Jezreel and think the battle of Armigeddon is going to be there. The Valley of Megiddo is only a few hundred yards wide, and not more than a mile in depth. The Valley of Jazreel is very large, but the Bible is very clear that they are not one and the same.
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posted on
02/13/2005 10:19:55 AM PST
by
GarySpFc
(Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
To: Happy2BMe
(If you know *anything* about Biblical prophesy, this will make your toenails curl .)
Meggido . . where is Megiddo?
Yeah, I know more than a little about Biblical prophecy, with a doctorate in theology. I can tell you that the Valley of Meggido would not hold one division, much less all the armies of the world. I'm always amazed at the clowns who stand on Megiddo and look out at the Valley of Jezreel and think the battle of Armigeddon is going to be there. The Valley of Megiddo is only a few hundred yards wide, and not more than a mile in depth. The Valley of Jazreel is very large, but the Bible is very clear that they are not one and the same.
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posted on
02/13/2005 10:19:59 AM PST
by
GarySpFc
(Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
To: Happy2BMe
To: GarySpFc
Yeah, I know more than a little about Biblical prophecy, with a doctorate in theology. I can tell you that the Valley of Meggido would not hold one division, much less all the armies of the world.Been there, it is a whole lot bigger than that. It takes a while to drive across it.
Plain of Esdraelon Megiddo
(Megiddo). The plain of Esdralon (Greek form of `Jezreel used in Greek writers (Judith 1:8) for general area of Plain of Megiddo), extends across the breadth of the entire country, between Mount Carmel, Mount Gilboa and the hills of lower Galilee. The Kishon River runs through the whole length of the valley to the Mediterranean Sea. The plain of Esdralon, or the Great Valley, was very important for relationship between the coast and the countries to the north and east. Some of the greatest battles in history of the world have been fought here. The Bible records battles such as the battle between Deborah and Jabin, king of Hazor (Judg 4-5); and between Saul and the Philistines (1 Sam 29:1; 31:1 ff); and between Josiah and Pharaoh Necho of Egypt (II Kings 23:29-30).
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posted on
02/13/2005 11:09:24 AM PST
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: Happy2BMe
Thanks for the ping- disturbing news.
But there's been a lot of that lately.
Regards
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posted on
02/13/2005 11:42:29 AM PST
by
FBD
("A nation without borders is not a nation." -- Ronald Reagan)
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