"JGB" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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Are you familiar with the Polish helicopter deal a few years back
with Israel that Beoing had quashed by leaning on congress to lean
on Poland with not too subtle intimations regarding Poland's membership
in NATO? That one cost ISrael $400 million in lost sales to Poland. $1.2 B
contract with CHina for Phalcons, quashed.

The US does tend to frown on the sale of advanced weapons systems
to a potential adversary. The reasons are obvious I'd have thought.

Past deals with Ecuador, PEru,
Taiwan for Kfirs back in the '70s quashed.

Kfir C2's were in fact sold to both Colombia (111) and
Ecuador(12) in 1976

Trust me, Israel EARNS the aid the US
gives it. It pays for it.

What worries many of us is what the US is paying for it
in terms of future security, selling advanced weapons
to China isnt a very friendly act.

Keith