Binyamin Dissen wrote in message . ..
On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 06:42:39 -0400 Peter Kemp
wrote:

:On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 12:01:12 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
wrote:

:On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 20:50:00 -0400 Peter Kemp
:wrote:

::On 2 Jul 2003 17:45:33 -0700, (Quant) wrote:

::2. Despite the fact that the American industries are heavily
::subsidized they can't compete against the Israeli industries in price
::and in many cases in quality.

::And yet the Israel products repeatedly lose out to US products that
::are "inferior" and "more expensive".

:False.

:Of course you can attempt to prove me wrong by supplying examples, but
:supplying proof is rarely the interest of the typical Holocaust denier.

:Holocaust denier? Me? I suggest you alter your medication mate, as
:I've said nothing of the sort *ever*, and I'd like to see you show one
:iota of evidence that I have supported such notions.

:As for proof, the IDF use of the M-16 vice the Galil, or the F-16 vice
:the Lavi

Have you compared the prices of each to the GOI?

In these cases the inferior product is also cheaper.


Benny,
The Galil is too heavy for the infantry but Israel continues to use it
for the armored force and other units. For the near future the IDF
also preferred the excellent M-16 M4 on the new Israeli Tavor bullpup
but the main reason was the dollaric budget of the IDF (American guns
don't cost money to Israel, its part of the military aid).
The Lavi is irrelevant today. It was buried 20 years ago when the US
tried to prevent competition to the F-16.

The bottom line is that we all agree that Israel-US relations are a
mutual relations and that it's wrong to say that the US was "doing a
favor" to Israel when it decided to give financial/military aid to
Israel and to other states in the region.