On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:58:59 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Thom" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:53:33 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

I would be more inclinded to believe that if the crews and missiles
were Syrian it was to test the missiles' abilities against the best we
have and or to give Bush a message as to what happens to the M-1 if he
does cross the border. The Syrians also have superior Sukhoi aircaft
but I doubt very seriously if they have the pilot skills to press the
weapon system to best advantage though like the Indonesians (now with
the SU-30) they may have been trained in Russia.


Then why didn't the Syrians use those "superior" SU-30's to go after the
American-made F-16's that buzzed Assad's palace? Afterall, you claim
that
the Syrians have all of this superior weaponry, and the Israelis are
using
decades old American-made stuff.

Perhaps the Syrians don't want to tip their hand...the US isn't all that
capable in the world of intel...

Bzzzzzt. The correct answer: Israeli would have wiped 'em off the map in a
few days. Syria has 30 SU-30's.



Now you think you understand the IDF?

the IAF really needs to get new and better stuff. The best it has is
some newer F-151 THUNDERs. The F-151 is still older than the newest
Russian stuff though.

THOM

Puh-lease.

--
We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?