Israel and Saudi Arabia reportedly have a plan In place to allow Israeli planes to overfly and refuel in Saudi airspace.
The article presupposes those Iraqi F-16’s will pose an immediate threat as soon as their pilots lay eyes on them. It will take at least a year before they become marginally proficient.
What a relief. I was worried we had stopped pouring our tax dollars down the Iraqi rathole.
Wish they would.
Good Grief! Why in the hell are we pouring more money into that rat hole.
We might as well just arm the iranians.
Won't happen as long as the Backstabber-in-Chief is in office.
Recently there was another large “explosion” in Iran
It may be that the war of threats and words is covering the actual war in country that is containing the Iranian nuclear threat.
CBS's Steve Kroft in Iran: 'We Didn't Talk to Anybody Who Believes They're Building a Bomb'
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2014/05/16/cbss-steve-kroft-iran-we-didnt-talk-anybody-who-believes-theyre-buildi#ixzz31yUKOVBV
I wanted Israel to do it well before the 2008 election. I don’t think there is a sense of urgency on this attack, despite the catastrophic costs of the continuing delay.
If Israel attacks Iran all hell will break loose, world markets will collapse and the United States will morph from our current contained depression into a real and protracted depression. Iran is not Iraq.
Iran will present on September 1 a new radar station capable to detect aircraft invisible to radars.
Iranian Chief of Staff of Air Defense General Farzad Ismaili said on May 17.
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Amongst the many challenges confronting Israel (and perhaps an Arab ally or two, not America) in terminating Iran's nuclear program, I have a feeling that newly delivered F16s is way down the list. Unless Obama plans on delivering American pilots.