Posted on 11/17/2014 9:15:57 AM PST by winoneforthegipper
Could be, I suppose. But not sure why Saudi would be the ones to train their pilots in F-16s, given the other friendly nations (Jordan, Egypt, UAE) that already fly F-16s.
Yeah not sure why it came to that either but I am pretty sure that is what I read when this all came down.
Sauds did not want their pilots specifically targeted was one reason.
Cannot predict how long; would not go on for long, though.
They fly fighter planes - you'd expect them to be capable to 'somehow' access their facebook accounts. Or was this mid-flight?
When do we realize that the Saudi are our enemies??
NEVER—they give our leaders too much $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Bad pilots who need to be replaced. Very unprofessional.
Of course. The Saudis are proxies for us, IS is our operation.
It’s just a staged conflict to generate political will in the US to bring in the US military to fight a “war” with IS in that area.
Iraq, Syria, etc., can then be chopped up after the war to the liking of our illustrious financial elites.
Kurds will get their own country, etc.
The new “countries” will miraculously all have leaders that want to work with the UK/US to “Westernize”, set up the oil biz and other businesses (agriculture, finance, pharma, crime, etc.) according to the elites’ plans.
ISIS makes no bones the final battle comes.
That is apparent to anyone who has been paying
the slightest attention.
Most of us since 1979.
Ahhhh. . .when did the Saudi’s get F-16’s?
The Saudi’s don't have F-16s and they would need to attend an F-16 MQ program here in the states, and the Dept of State would have to sign off on this and then send to Congress for notification and approval.
AND, any Iraqi F-16’s being used by someone other than Iraq (a “third-party transfer’) requires Dep of State approval and Congressional notification and approval as well.
. . .and boy howdy, if they did make all the notifications to seek approvals, someone would have leaked it well before it ever made it to Congress. . .ROM ask-it, P&A request, LOR submitted by Saudi to US in-country team, Pentagon DSCA review and approval, SAF/IA review, other US govt agencies, then State and Congressional notification. . .all heck would break loose.
Not happening.
Sunni Shia war is the way forward
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