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Topic: U.S. gift of F-16 fighters headed to
Egypt, despite Morsi´s harsh rhetoric |
U.S. gift of F-16 fighters headed to
Egypt, despite Morsi´s harsh rhetoric
Fox News, by Maxim Lott
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Original Article
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Posted By:earlybird, 1/22/2013 11:24:02 AM
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| Four F-16 fighter jets left the U.S. this morning, bound for Egypt as part of a foreign aid package critics say should have been scrapped when the nation elected a president who has called President Obama a liar and urged that hatred of Jews be instilled in children. A source who works on the Naval Air Force Base in Dallas confirmed the departure of the state-of-the-art fighter planes to FoxNews.com. Sixteen F-16s and 200 Abrams tanks are to be given to the Egyptian government before the end of the year under a $216 million foreign aid
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Comments:
Deal was made in 2010 with Mubarak, a "longtime U. S. ally".
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
djcdjc, 1/22/2013 11:33:18 AM (No. 9132276)
What´s next......drones and nuclear devices.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
graniteman2009, 1/22/2013 11:39:16 AM (No. 9132301)
Of course..I am sure he gave them the coordinates to Tel Aviv also.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
richwill, 1/22/2013 11:50:53 AM (No. 9132346)
This is a direct result of Hussein´s hatred for Israel.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
billp, 1/22/2013 12:00:11 PM (No. 9132379)
When will we stop supporting governments who encourage their citizens to hate Americas? It is, after all, our money - we should perhaps have a little more say in where it´s spent.
Yeah... I know, I´m just dreaming, especially with our Dictator in Chief.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Bubby, 1/22/2013 12:24:54 PM (No. 9132435)
Just a wild guess these fighters and tanks will eventually be used against Israel. Israel will destroy them all and Egypt will ask us to replace them which of course we will. I wouldn´t give one dime to that anti-Semetic Morsi.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
valinva, 1/22/2013 12:28:08 PM (No. 9132441)
I emailed my 2 senators and representative (all Republican)deploring them to stop this transfer based on Morsi´s comments about Israel and the US in a speach given in Arabic. Crickets. Not even an email reply although one of the senators has an auto-reply thanking you for teh email and promising to get back to you soon.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
The Architect, 1/22/2013 12:28:52 PM (No. 9132445)
So what if the deal was made with Mubarak in 2010. It was not made with Morsi and it certainly wasn´t made with an avowed terrorist organization. If thye were a gift we should retract the gift. If they paid for them, we should return their money.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bwebb, 1/22/2013 12:33:56 PM (No. 9132457)
Giving Morsi and Egypt US F-16´s and Tanks is insane. US Policy ...Obama-Biden policy is overtly wrong-headed and could well force Israel to use a number of Tactical Nukes in the very near future since Israel lacks confidence Obama-Biden has their back.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Amicus Veritatis, 1/22/2013 12:37:44 PM (No. 9132467)
Wow a two-fer. An enemy both foreign and domestic. Birds of a feather . . .
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
provide, 1/22/2013 12:42:27 PM (No. 9132486)
They´ll divide them up with some to Mali and Nigeria.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
dittohead, 1/22/2013 1:20:04 PM (No. 9132593)
Why can we not renig on deals? Just say NO and don´t send the fighters or money.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
FL_Absentee_Voter, 1/22/2013 1:24:43 PM (No. 9132598)
Headline is very misleading. Four F-16s that wouldn´t have a prayer against the Israeli Air Force is nothing compared to 200 Abrams tanks(!) - the most formidable desert-warfare weapon in the world.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 1/22/2013 1:30:13 PM (No. 9132613)
I hope it´s a COD transaction because we might have a real president someday that will order that they all be destroyed-without human casualties, of course.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 1/22/2013 1:45:37 PM (No. 9132641)
These fighter jets are to be `given` away for n-o-t-h-i-n-g!!! - eventually to be used against Israel!!!! If this isn`t high crimes and misdemeanors I don`t know what would qualify.
How far we have fallen. What would stop Egypt from `giving` one of these to Iran to deconstruct?
Romney would have nixed this giveaway in the first hour of his presidency, but then again Obama would have just moved up the `gift` to be sure they were gone before Romney took office.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
fljack, 1/22/2013 2:06:56 PM (No. 9132684)
On the other hand, if Israel were given all of the secret weaknesses of both weapons systems, or if we implanted passive devices in the software of both weapons systems that rendered them unusable.....
Sorry..just dreaming what our military leaders should or might do....
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
melman, 1/22/2013 3:02:25 PM (No. 9132813)
STUPID!!!!!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
toddh, 1/22/2013 3:47:51 PM (No. 9132885)
I am entertaining a fantasy that these will be used against Morsi.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 1/23/2013 1:42:36 AM (No. 9133470)
How stupid can we get ? At what point will the weapons he gives away be used against US, nevermind Israel ?
Billions of dollars have gone to the ME, but let´s just nit pick on Medicare and Social Security. This from the group that can´t even balance the budget.
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