Russel- Israel is so good at improving equipment that after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, McDonnell-Douglas sent engineers to Israel to study the improvements Israel made to the F-4E Phantom.
And Israel makes such good "home-grown" precision-guided munitions that they are able to export them. -Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 8:36 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > On a side note, very little of the US ground equipment used > by the Isrealis > in thier offensive would be considered High Tech. The only > US equipment > they seem to be using that I know of is M113s (Vietnam era > armored personel > carriers) and M60 tanks (again Vietnam era). I have seen > Merkva tanks in > use, and that is a 100% IMI (Isreal Military Industry) > product and nearly on > par with the M1A2. > > I'm not sure what air equipment Isreal is using, but again > I'm not sure they > are 100% US equipment. IMI is very good at producing > modifications to what > we provide them. > > ===== > Russel Madere > Senior Software Engineer > Turbo Squid, Inc. > http://www.turbosquid.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:20 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > > > > So Howard tell me where this statement is wrong: > > > > The Arab world doesn't hate us because of > > Hollywood. And they don't hate us because of our subtle > Saudi presence. > > They hate us because our hi-tech weaponry is being used by Israeli > > soldiers to kill Palestinian men, women, and children. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:18 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > > 9/11 happened because there's a lot of stupid people > running around who > > will > > buy any propaganda fed them by any megalomaniac. It had > nothing to do > > with > > the rightness or wrongness of American foreign policy and > everything to > > do > > with one individual's lust for power. > > > > H. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:16 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > > > > Our support of Israel is one of the reasons 9/11 happened. > > > > And Bush is not a moron....I will give you that he is not the best > > public speaker but he is getting better. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:23 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > > > *shrug* > > > > > > Sometimes I think Bush is a moron. > > > > Only sometimes? ;) > > > > > > > > The double speak coming from him is rather idiotic. > > > > > > > > > Just the other day he was declaring that they understand > the Israeli > > > reaction and support it. > > > > > > -Gel > > > > Todd > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
