Russia Says It's Ready to Arm Saudi Arabia

Itar-Tass ^ | February 10, 2005 | Lyuba Pronina

[broadsword]

Yep. America is so awesome! What amazes me is that with all the liberals, self-loathers, freeloaders, illegal aliens and lawyers this nation suffers, it is still rocking and rolling heads above every other nation on earth, in its economy, military and every other way.

God bless America, the one, the only, the best, the shining city on the hill and the envy of all the world!

[SirLurkedalot]

We are a very blessed nation, that's for sure. (Hey Iran...Your're Next!)

[steveegg]

I find it very funny - they are thinking about buying some arms from Russia - people here go ape and apocalyptic - America sold the Saudis BILLIONS of arms over decades - Do as I say not as I do mentality I guess. Shame on us for selling the Saudis anything of value.

It was monumentally stupid of the governments of the time (starting with the Peanut Farmer, Jimmy Carter) to do so. I'll go on record before the arming-Egypt experiment goes horribly wrong and say that was also a monumental mistake.

[sukhoi-30mki]

The S-300 is rated to be the best long-range SAM system in the world & quiet a few folks have put it ahead of the Patriot(which hasn't covered itself with glory in combat).About the Tor M1 & the Pantysr systems-the very fact that countries like the UAE & Greece have purchased these systems is indicative that these weapons are not a POS-both those nations are committed American buyers.

[sukhoi-30mki]

You are forgetting the 50 odd Mig-29SMTs Venezuela is buying.

[Velveeta]

Heh. That would be a rhetorical question...

[rang1995]

lately old "putey pute"(sic) seems not to be such a friend of dubya

[rang1995]

it would be easy to take over their oil fields if russia DIDN't interfere and we stopped worring about being so PC.(because of it's locations).we should strike a deal with the russians and chineese(because we have to) and split up the islamic world..period

[aos]

Pardon me but....
Russia:
Potatoes(self grown, originally imported from America)
Oil - self pumped
Vodka - self brewed and happily consumed and exported
Scientists - self grown and exported to the US
Artists, musicians, poets - self grown and much enjoyed
Doctors - not for the money but for the love of it
Lawyers - few and not very well treated
USA
Potatoes - imported
Oil - imported
Vodka - imported
Scientists - imported
Artists, musicians, poets - mostly imported
Doctors - self grown (uneducated and for the money)
Lawyers - self grown in abundance, well treated and prosperous

Sad story!