Posted on 02/09/2005 4:29:17 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Russians arm every one who pays them few milion dollars
Translation: Saudi Arabia is preparing to do something nasty to the USA and they are changing their principle arms supplier.
Israel loves destroying Russian hardware.
There was a thread on here around two years ago suggesting that we buy the Su-27. Actually made sense. The Russkies don't make great washing machines, but they can make some pretty good planes. ;^)
Now just why would my neighbor sell the crack dealer a
machine gun?
Russia's Military Involvement in the Middle East
By Oksana Antonenko
http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2001/issue1/jv5n1a3.html
Because the enemy of his enemy is you?
Like the area is not already awash with failed Russian Arms.
If I were the Saudis I would be worried about who was going to fly and shoot those things rather than buying more of them.
The pampered sons of that country are too busy chasing blond western women to actually incur any risk that might accrue to a military person. That runs the risk of having the Terrorists in their midst with a better army than the government.
Ominous.
Something is coming.
I suspect the Saudi military is all Pakistani, Filipino, and Egyptian...no one of Saudi background would do any of the dirty work...
AFAIK, they are well armed with the latest in American ground and air technology, a lot of it sold since Desert Storm. Whether or not they're capable of maintaining it without American aid is another question. It goes without saying that the Israelis won't help them.
Wrong. The proper translation is that the US has told Saudi Arabia that they better clean up thier act and hold elections or the hardware spiggot will be closed tight!
Net effect is the same, they are looking for alternatives - and to some degree, they are probably pretending to look so as to worry the US.
I doubt GWB gives a rip.
Now let's see -- let's logic this thing out.
Saudis don't really need arms for anything -- who is their enemy? (other than the Jews). So maybe they are BROKERING arms for one of thier buddies, that nobody would sell to directly (with exceptions as we know) -- how about IRAN ??
Provocative thought!!!
send article to Capt Davis
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Their guts turned to water when they thought Saddam was coming for them from Kuwait.
No way, I seriously doubt they have anything planned. The Saudi's are way too dependent upon us to even think about it. They are probably preparing themselves in case we pass some legislation limiting our own arms sales to them.
That's true, the Saudi doesn't really have a military, they have mercenaries. That's why their spending more and more on short range missiles.
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