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Don’t want ‘em go stale sitting in warehouses and storage, would we. ;-)
Wish I could get a good deal on a Cobra.. Geeesh.
We have always let the Saudis guide our policies in the muslim world. But in the last few years they seem to have taken complete ownership.
I was happy to see under Bush an effort to engage India as a full ally but that seems to be sputtering to a stop.
Gee, let's see, could it be because the obozo and most of his administrations are muslims and Pakistan is a muslim country where India is not?
Because the Paks are Muzzies.
Related:
As ties with India grow, Israel again says won’t supply arms to Pakistan
NDTV | 15 Sep., 2013
NEW DELHI: With its defence ties with India growing at a rapid pace, Israel today asserted that it will not supply any weapons systems and military hardware to Pakistan, saying the policy in this regard was “very clear” and “strict”.
Israeli Ambassador Alon Ushpiz said his country follows very strict guidelines in exporting weapons systems and there was no question of reversing its policy of not supplying military hardware to Pakistan.
“The policy of the Government of Israel is (very clear) and we are tremendously strict about it that we do not export weapons system to Pakistan,” he said.
A report by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper in June had quoted a British government report saying Israel exported military equipment, including hi-tech gear used in combat jets, over the past five years to Pakistan. Israel had strongly rejected the report, saying it would “not do anything that could undermine” India’s security.
“Very specifically we do not export weapons system to Pakistan. We have a very strict set of regulations for exporting. It is a very, very sophisticated process and different agencies are engaged in that. India is a close friend,” he said, replying to a question on the report by the Israeli newspaper.
Expressing satisfaction over defence ties with India, which is Israel’s largest purchaser of security equipment, he said there was no possibility of reversing the policy of not supplying weapons systems to Pakistan.
“There is a very strict policy of the state of Israel. This is in black and white. The answer to all your questions is a very clear swift long no. You are asking something very very hypothetical and even to that I think the answer is no,” Ushpiz said.
Refusing to speak about any specific arms deals with India, he said the defence ties between the two countries was not about “buying and selling”.
“I am very proud of the defence relationship,” he said, adding Israel was even keen on transfer of technology to India.
Asked about a proposal to supply anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to India, he said, “I will not go into specifics. Even in this case we have best technology.”
Because the Pakis are muslim.
Why? Pakistan is Muslim, Sunni Muslim. India is still mostly Hindu. Barry will always stand with the Muslims. It’s a quote.
Weapons to the Pakis to use on India? Well it might cut the number of H1Bs and an American may have a chance at an IT job.
Been giving the pakies weapons since the 1960’s. Their first,submarine, The Gazi, was the SS Diablo SS479, a 1944 sub, “leased” to them in 1963.
Why not just sell to the Taleban & al-Queda directly?
Disgusted.
Because these are only income opportunities for the Pakistani military, rather than actual use as weapons. Their maintenance budgets will be diverted to private foreign bank accounts of Pakistani officers. Those small enough to be sold outright will be sold, and the rest will slowly turn into junk.
Under GWB we only kept about 30,000 men in Afghanistan, enough to keep the cities from falling. Obama pushed it up to 100,000 because Afghanistan was the “good war” unlike Iraq. This put a much greater strain on our supply lines. After OBL was killed Pakistan shut down the supply lines for many months until the requisite bribes were forked over, namely the weapons talked about in this article. Pakistan is trying to squeeze the last bit on juice out of us as we are leaving. I posted an article a few days ago about how much equipment is being flown out of Afghanistan because Pakistan is turning the screws on us.
Their economy can't support all the military hardware without large infusions of cash from us. It reminds me of an article not long ago about South Africa buying brand new fighters from Europe that are rotting in the hangers because they can’t maintain them. Things might get really hot after 2014 when our money slows to a trickle and the Pak military, which runs the economy, has to decide whether to use their shiny toys or let them rust away.
obama is muslim, Pakistan is muslim, India is Hindu.
Any questions?
Is India supposed to be our Ally? If the answer is yes, then you have your answer. We never aid those that are friendly with us. Only those who oppose us.
Because India isn't a muslim nation