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We should just sell them to Saudi Arabia

• josefresco 11y ago
  Israel might have a problem with that as they have an unofficial, official exclusive.
  • frandroid 11y ago
    The Israelis don't usually care for second-class material though...
• aburan28 11y ago
  I am genuinely interested in who/why I was downvoted for suggesting we sell F35's to Saudi Arabia
  • aeturnum 11y ago
    I didn't downvote you, but some things jump out at me. The suggestion we sell them to Saudi Arabia is orthogonal to the subject of the article (technical problems). Your post and the article do not, from a naive perspective, have a connection. My guess is that you think the F-35 project is not a worthwhile investment for the US defense system, but that it cost a lot of money to make, and so we should get some money out of it. Further, since Saudi Arabia has a lot of oil money and wants weapons, we should sell them this plane (which it seems you think is a failure) - even though Saudi Arabia is nominally an ally and it isn't obvious its a good idea to sell an ally weapons we consider bad investments. My previous paragraph is a just a stab at the thinking that might inform your post - I'm probably totally wrong. Whatever the motivating factors, there's a lot you don't say - either because you don't think it's necessary or you don't want to talk about those background assertions. Obviously, we all believe the people here understand (at least some of) the context, but my guess is that people found your post to not be forthcoming enough.