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Originally Posted by Oberon
Definitely, I see where you're coming from there, after all, we're Americas allies and we have to pay the full whack for our F-35s. Admittedly we're not surrounded by hostile states...well, except France (  ) but the way things are economically in the world at the moment it is a hard thing for the public to swallow. If times were better this would probably go down better. |
@ the French comment.
It is hard to swallow now. However, if I had a choice of 'giving away' the F-35, to an ally, it would be the UK, not Israel. When the US is again drawn into some future conflict, it will be Great Britian standing with us, not Israel. The US-UK relationship has always proven more mutually beneficial than the US-Israeli relations; the former being bi-directional, the latter being largely uni-directional. I think that I would probably not be so vehement in my opposition to such a deal with the British, as I would probably see it as an investment in mutual security, and in the post BP affair, a step forward to repairing the strained relations with America's closest ally.