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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 11:38 AM Original message |
Iraq to purchase 2,000 T-72 Russian tanks |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. They are probably cheap and Iran probably does not have anything better. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Iran and Iraq are no longer enemies |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Buy American? |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. I sense Bush Administration string-pulling behind the scenes. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Far more likely that they'll see near-immediate use... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. When you have tanks, and your opponents don't, any quality is high quality. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. lol -- perfect! -- now that's some gratitude for ya. nt |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. cheap and easy to fix |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. They can put down any uprisings with these |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. yup ..did`t think about that. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. In 18 years |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. sabra |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Target practice for the U.S. military |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. Still plenty dangerous to most of the neighbors |
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2QT2BSTR8 (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hmmm...maybe they can't afford the new ones? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. Dangerous to all neighbors but Israel... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is a big "fuck you" to Shrub |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. ANY tank is useless without air superiority. |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Unless you're fighting a group without air power... |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. These are to give the central govt more firepower than the Shiite, Sunni or Kurd factions have |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Can they take an explosive formed projectile IED? |
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