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Israel may be the proper country to use them. Since they don't have to fly them anywhere the heavy weight of the Stryker would not be a problem. Also, without the requirement to deploy by C-130s, the Israelis can bolt on the applique armor that their Raphael works makes so nicely.

In addition, since Israel maintans a fire support network of artillery bases to cover all of its territory the Stryker's lack of a main gun will not be a problem.

Also, since the Israelis are buying them for $1.3 million per car less than we are, they can take the chance on being able to fix them properly once they get them.

The only remaining problem I see for them are those big, rubber wheels. RPGs are a problem throughout the Middle East. Since the Stryker uses its front four wheels for steering they cannot be covered by RPG skirts. The Russian experience in Chechnya was that the big problem they faced in urban warfare was the Muslims using Molotov Cocktails and setting the rubber wheels on fire. Russia has now withdrawn all of its wheeled APCs and replaced them with their newer tracked vehicles.

That's a hoot - we'll buying wheeled armor because the Russians had it in Kosovo and they are geting rid of it because they lost so much of it in Afghanistan and Chechnya.