Are they F14 only parts? in other words do they have any use for planes other than F14s? If the answer is no then why did the article say that one of the sale conditions was to friendly countries? Why not only as parts? Iran might be the only ones using the F14 but I'm sure that the gun from an F14 is the same as the gun from some other fighter. The same applies to other components that are probably generic to jet fighters.
Its as much careless as it is stupidity and backwardness to have a system where one hand has no clue what the other is doing, where the contents of one lot of items is not carefully examined and where those doing the buying are not vetted before hand. You know, they probably need a few good ColdFusion programmers to get their systems working right. Got time for a contract Gel? ;) On Dec 9, 2007 12:27 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > without going back to the original, doesn't he ascribe it all to the > "military-industrial complex" ? Sure that's a vague word beloved by > conspiracy theorists, but here's a thought for you. In the course of > finding those links I had a look at the Wikipedia article, which says > that the *only* people still flying the F15 are the Iranian, who bough > them from us. > > So it seems to me that someone somewhere was careless, hmm? Supposedly > these parts were going to be scrapped precisely because (whatever our > opinion of this) relations with Iran are currently not good. If you > think that it refutes that this was done deliberately by Bush himself, > yeah probably, unless there's another Ollie North out there. Which > there could be, actually... > > On Dec 9, 2007 8:51 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Yes, a source that he does not mention because it gives the article a > > totally different spin. Reading the Washington Post article shows > clearly > > that this is a criminal matter with lack of review on the governments > part. > > No plot, no conspiracy, no MIC (and no Janes link yet). > > > > Yes, we've sold to Iraq in the past but this is not us selling to Iran > now. > > Not directly and not knowingly. There wasn't an Iranian stepping up > saying > > "I'm from Iran, sell me the parts". There wasn't a government official > or > > anyone from the MIC saying "I'm selling these parts to our enemy". > > > > On Dec 9, 2007 8:46 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > well not to be technical but it does have sources. Jane's has a pretty > > > good reputation. II haven't looked into it beyond that, and don't have > > > time right now. But would it surprise me, no. We've sold Iran weapons > > > in the past. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Michael Dinowitz (http://www.linkedin.com/in/mdinowitz) > > President: House of Fusion (http://www.houseoffusion.com) > > Publisher: Fusion Authority (http://www.fusionauthority.com) > > Adobe Community Expert / Advanced Certified ColdFusion Professional > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248085 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
