Posted on 05/11/2011 4:02:36 PM PDT by Kaslin
Secrets: Good news of bin Laden's death may be followed by bad news of Pakistan giving China a peek at our downed helicopter. Will we be threatened by our own technology?
They are something out of the latest Batman flick, the modified Black Hawk helicopters that were used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistani compound. With a curious hublike housing around the unusually configured rear-rotor, among other things, it was clearly designed to be as quiet and stealthy as possible.
When one of the copters clipped a wall in bin Laden's compound, it had to be destroyed, leaving behind a technological gift that not-always-cooperative and now-disgruntled Pakistanis may use to get even with an America that left them out of the loop.
ABC News reports that in the days after the raid, the tail section and other pieces of debris — including a mysterious cloth-like covering that the local children found fun to play with — were photographed being hauled away from the crash site by tractor.
Pakistan has expressed an interest in keeping and studying the wreckage that we want back, but they do not have the capability to exploit any knowledge gained. The Chinese do, however, and they too have expressed an interest in taking a peek at the wreckage. And as one Pakistani official told ABC, "We might let them take a look."
After concluding a trip to Beijing last month, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif told Pakistan's local press that China was Pakistan's "best friend." In some Pakistani eyes, sharing recovered stealth technology with their best friends in Beijing would be sweet payback for the unannounced Abbottabad raid.
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How did Bush lean on the Pakis?? By resuming military aid and shipping off a bunch of F-16s and AMRAAMS (which probably reached China).
The Chinese simply want to check up on one of their many investments in the USA. Can’t blame them one bit - they probably held title to the chopper since we’re paying for it over time with China holding the loan. And THIS, boys and girls, is why we shouldn’t be indebted to folks that don’t like us very much.
Re: to folks that don’t like us very much.
Nonsense!
Based on how them there Chicoms fancy all things Americana http://www.china.org.cn/world/2011-05/12/content_22551993.htm, not only is it that their dislike of you is but a deep misconception of your own making, in fact, the other way around http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/ME13Ad03.html is really how the plot of this story should have been written.
My book: You scratch my back http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/BUSINESS/05/10/geithner.china.talks.ft/c1main.washington.afp.gi.jpg and I yours http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news_images/20110512/p01b.jpg are how a true to one another long and loving husband and wife relationship derived. No Terminator-III :) in making — guaranteed!
Superfusion, was it? Yes, like love, superfusion, too, is such a wonderous thing!
I Like Chinese
The stuff on your links are both scary and hilarious (or is that hiralious>).
Re: The stuff on your links are both scary and hilarious (or is that hiralious>).
Well... I don’t know if it’s scary. I mean [what’s so scary about solving the world’s problems and prospering from it, in an equal partnership], in the same time? Two birds one stone isn’t that bad of a deal, don’t you agree?
And, is it hilarious you ask? Hey! I think so! I mean are you insinuating that you disapproves of us Vancouver Canucks?
Hey! We’ll take either the Sharks or the Red Wings on anytime so just give us your best shot! It’ll be a tight game but I think we’ll have the upper hand, overtime, game 7, by one puck!
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