[ConservativeInPA]

Guess where the tanks will be built.

From: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/egypt-847m-request-for-125-m1a1-tanks-03684/

Dec 3/12: General Dynamics Land Systems in Sterling Heights, MI receives a $37.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification for services in support of the M1A1 co-production effort at the Egyptian Tank Plant in Cairo, Egypt. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights and Cairo, with an estimated completion date of Feb 28/15.

It is bad enough to arm these Muslim scum, but we give the the technology to assemble the weapons that they will one day use against us.

[hummingbird]

"It is bad enough to arm these Muslim scum, but we give the the technology to assemble the weapons that they will one day use against us." ""The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them."

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Vladimir.Lenin.Quote.068C

[Baynative]

"It is bad enough to arm these Muslim scum, but we give the the technology to assemble the weapons that they will one day use against us."

And let's not forget about the jobs and local economy.

[SJSAMPLE]

There’s not that much technology in the base platform. They don’t get the 120mm gun or, more importantly, the advanced armor. I believe these “monkey models” get the basic, cold-rolled steel plate and not the ceramic-composite Chobham armor of the American M1A2 versions.

That, and the fact that Egypt is incapable of maintaining the Abrams without US contractor and parts support. Same lesson we learned with Iran, where aircraft were rendered helpless immediately or within just a few months without US logistics support.