Posted on 10/31/2007 7:36:22 AM PDT by SJackson
Why would an Egyptian tank crew member have a problem with this?
I suspect you understood what I was talking about.
Yes, I did. But the Israelis have more to fear than do the American tankers. TOWs are not a particularly good terrorist weapon, for example.
They have a fundy moslem problem for sure.
‘Yes, I did. But the Israelis have more to fear than do the American tankers. TOWs are not a particularly good terrorist weapon, for example.’
Yes, but I’m not an Israeli. And we have troops on the ground in the ME.
Egypts internal politics are just as unstable as Pakistan’s
They have a fundy moslem problem for sure.
Big time. Without going on three decades of martial law, they would have already fallen ala Iran, or Afghanistan did to the Taliban in my view.
Egypt could still go down any day. Probably just a matter of time.
Yep, and the MSM will be caught ‘by surprise’ when it happens.
And call for Jimmy Carter to save the day....(eyes rolling)
I can’t see any scenario where American tanks would face the Egyptians. So the only risk would be a transfer from the Egyptians to terrorists. And as I noted, there are better weapons for terrorists to use than TOWs.
They could get smuggled into Iraq and used against US, too. There should be a near total arms embargo to Arab countries at this moment. Instead we keep selling ‘em more. It’s absurd. And on the same day that the UN reports that Hezbullah has been re-equipped with superior firepower via smuggling from Syria. These weapons are not safe, even in an Arab government armory.
‘I can’t see any scenario where American tanks would face the Egyptians.’
Might I suggest you read up on the internal politics of Egypt?
That government has been on the edge of the abyss far longer than Pakistan.
Yes, the Egyptians have M1 Abrams tanks. But reportedly they lack the advanced armor that makes the Abrams & (British) Chieftain tanks so tough to penetrate.
What in the world is the U.S. government thinking?
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