Forum Post: Egyptian F-16 deliveries begin
Posted 11 years ago on Jan. 28, 2013, 12:44 p.m. EST by GirlFriday
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Egypt was the first Arab country to purchaseF-16s through a Foreign Military Sales program called Peace Vector. The Egyptian Air Force received a total of 42 F-16s in its first order in 1980 and since then has purchased five more lots of aircraft, for a total of 240 F-16 Fighting Falcons.
The recent deal has caused concern in the United States amid reports that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is cracking down on protestors and changing the constitution.The F-16 deal was made when US ally Hosni Mubarak was still in power.
Egypt receives about $1.3 billion annually in military aid financing, per the terms of the 1976 Camp David Accords that resulted in a peace agreement with Israel. Having received close to $40 billion in military aid, Egypt is the second largest recipient of US foreign aid.
The US is the largest supplier of weapons the world has ever seen. It's time to stop. Arn't there already enough killing machines? Do we really think this is how to save the world? Just stop.
wow they really call the program "Peace Vector" ?
Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh has the whole world gone crazy!!!!!?!?!?!?!?
Disease vector sounds better ( well not better per-say ) more accurate/honest.
These came from Peace Vector VII http://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article4.html
in the eyes of the insane - war is peace, and bombs are technological advancements.
thanks for the link.
About to read Three Cups of Tea.
War more often than not leads to the rise of extremism. We need to come up with better ideas.
The US gov taxes the people, gives the money to other countries, and then that country uses the money to purchase goods from the department of defense.
What a nice little racket eh?
Yep yep. And banks buy politicians and have the politicians vote to give them billions.
Trillions if you factor in the untouchable monetary policy.
Then their followers come to this website and try to tell us to continue supporting that system.
Yes. Yes, it is.
And the proxy wars continue:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-25/us-furious-after-source-mystery-libya-bombing-raids-revealed
Hillary has been one of the most significant arms dealer in recent time. Will anyone be able to fill her shoes?
Chuck Norris?
Interesting - wonder when the USA military is slated to blow em out of the sky? You know - so they can buy more.
Doubtful. Oh, never mind. Coming to a theater soon.
there is ONLY one way to stop this kind of thing -
stop defense contractor money from buying our congress
the OWS way:
http://corporationsarenotpeople.webuda.com
Obama,...arming our new Islamic,jihadist enemies while trying like hell to disarm and subjugate the American people domestically.
Just more hope and change while we're moving forward right?
Since 1953, buckaroo.
I'm going to tell you a little secret. Our foreign policy hasn't changed in a good 100 years. You have now received the memo.