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To: My Favorite Headache
Israel will flatten Iran when they feel the need to.

Sadly, Israel alone doesn't have the capability to take out Iran's program. The Syrians apparently made the Iraqi mistake of concentrating their program in one location. . . the Iranians purportedly have dozens of sites buried deep underground throughout Iran. Israel's pilots are (no offense to the USAF) probably the best in the world. But its air force is a fraction of the size of the US's. Israel doesn't have the planes needed to take out dozens of sites simultaneously a thousand miles away.

75 posted on 09/22/2007 8:10:01 PM PDT by ChicagoHebrew (Hell exists, it is real. It's a quiet green meadow populated entirely by Arab goat herders.)
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To: ChicagoHebrew

The IAF has no choice but to regularly train to a level that Navy and USAF pilots might only see during exercises such as Red Flag or William Tell(etc.). I’m speaking of training.

Having the bad guys minutes, even seconds from your doorstep necessitates super-readiness. For the IAF, this means pushing crews and equipment to the breaking point with greater frequency than their American counterparts. The Israelis break their stuff. Our guys can’t break their stuff due to mandates, budgets, politics, and Wing Commanders wanting to keep their jobs.

I’d say we have a generation of fighter pilots who are up to speed with IAF pilots due to 15+ years of continuous operations in the ME theater. That said, our guys would be behind the curve were they to wake up, unaware, in an Israeli barracks - the Israelis are the best for their unique mission and circumstances.


155 posted on 09/22/2007 10:37:15 PM PDT by jblair (Air Force Brat)
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To: ChicagoHebrew
"Israel's pilots are (no offense to the USAF) probably the best in the world."

No offense taken but I am curious about where you got the stats to come to this conclusion.

205 posted on 09/23/2007 5:29:10 AM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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To: ChicagoHebrew

Israel alone doesn’t have the capability to take out Iran’s program.


Wrong. Israel has over 100 nukes, they have the capablility to evaporate Iran, now do they have the will power?


306 posted on 10/06/2007 5:33:02 PM PDT by TomasUSMC ( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
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