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On 1 Jul 2003 15:34:02 -0700, (Kevin Brooks)
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On 30 Jun 2003 18:31:07 -0700, (Kevin Brooks)
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This post is specially for brooks.

Hebrew:
http://www.globes.co.il/serve/globes...asp?did=701548


Israel Aircraft Industries was excluded from the Airbus 380 project
because of a political decision of the goverment of Israel to buy only
Boeing planes by El Al.

What brand of cheese do you prefer to go with that whine? Hey, turn
down the billions in US dollars your nation receives each year from
the US taxpayers, then you can come back and whine about losing out on
this contract as much as you want

So you acknowledge that "aid" to Israel is nothing but a quid pro quo.

LOL! Not hardly. You need to retake that course in logic--the salient
points apparently did not stick with you. I am merely pointing out
that whining about your economic/military dependency upon the US and
any negative impacts can easily be rendered moot by declaring you
won't accept further US aid (like *that* will ever happen).


American defense contractors would not be too happy if that were to
happen.

Please. Take a gander at what portion of US defense exports go to
Israel; the last figures I found (covering 97-99) indicated that
Israel accounted for just over 5% of total US sales. Given that even
*without* US aid money the IDF is going to *have* to continue to shop
in the US for parts, components, etc., your predictions of defense
contractors storming the government appear to be significantly
exaggerated. And imagine the potential of increased sales to Arab
nations should the US cease its economic and military underpinning of
Israel...

Brooks