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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Actually, that's completely true. What would Al Qaeda do with an F-15 anyway? It takes years of training to learn how to fly a modern jet fighter, and they're incredibly expensive to operate. Also, it would also be much easier for the US military to defend itself against conventional weapons like an F-15SA than to defend against unconventional tactics like suicide bombers, IEDs, and the like.
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I think the overall point is that the US is funnelling money and arms, besides just the F-15s to a country that is often friendly to terrorist groups.
Quite frankly I could care less if they sell anyone F-15s. The technology, as advanced as Saudi Arabia will think it is, will still be extremely dumbed down.
My problem is that the US does this deal partly to keep Iran in check, and partly because they need oil from Saudi Arabia. And yet the Keystone Pipeline is pushed to the side, and Canada is willing to provide the US with oil and we don't even need a $30 billion dollar arms deal.