"Chavez accused the U.S. of breaking a contract to supply parts for Venezuela's fleet of 21 F-16 fighters and pressuring other countries from helping to maintain them. Israeli media reported last month that Israel canceled a lucrative deal to upgrade the warplanes under American pressure."
1. Hopefully our deals have an escape clause in the event of the purchasing country turning into a socialist dictatorship.
2. Israel shouldn't have to be pressured - they should know better.
I'll bet the electronics have a secret back door that will allow our military to disable them if the need ever arose.
Maybe Chavez can get China knock-off spare parts. Or maybe Venezuelan F-16 pilots with their knock-off spares would be willing to meet American pilots in F-22s in a little air-to-air? It's one thing to have one of the greatest fighters in the world while it is quite another to use it properly.