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Ahmadinejad Visits Egypt 2 Days After U.S. Delivers Fresh Batch of F-16 Fighter Jets

Feb. 5, 2013 1:15pm Erica Ritz

Irans Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Visits Muhammad Morsi in Egypt in Historic Visit, Day After American F 16s Arrive

In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, pose for photographers in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. (Photo: AP)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with his Egyptian counterpart Tuesday in the first visit by an Iranian leader to Cairo in more than three decades, marking a historic departure from years of frigid ties between the regional heavyweights.

Ahmadinejad’s three-day visit, which is centered around an Islamic summit, is the latest sign of improved relations between the countries since the 2011 uprising ousted Egypt’s longtime leader President Hosni Mubarak and brought an Islamist government to power in Cairo.

Such a visit would have been unthinkable under Mubarak, who was a close ally of the U.S. and shared Washington’s deep suspicions of Tehran.

Though Egypt’s shifting alliances are unavoidably apparent, the United States is continuing to arm the country. On Sunday U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson held a ceremony in Cairo to mark the arrival of four F-16 fighter jets from the United States. Twenty in total are due to be delivered throughout 2013.

“Today’s ceremony demonstrates the firm belief of the United States that a strong Egypt is in the interest of the U.S., the region, and the world,” she declared.

According to the United States Embassy website, the U.S. has delivered 224 F-16 aircraft to Egypt.

In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center right, participate in an arrival ceremony at the airport in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. (Photo: AP)

Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi gave Ahmadinejad a red-carpet welcome on the tarmac at Cairo airport, shaking his hand and exchanging a kiss on each cheek as a military honor guard stood at attention.

The two leaders then sat down for a 20-minute talk that focused on the civil war in Syria, security officials said on condition of anonymity. President Bashar al-Assad is a close regional ally of Iran and, more importantly, a doorway into the region. But Cairo is home to the offices of the main Syrian opposition council, which has a strong presence of members of the Brotherhood’s Syrian chapter.

Though the Syrians will chart their own future, the opinions and actions of Morsi and Ahmadinejad will certainly hold sway. If the two agree on what they believe should happen in Syria’s post-war future, the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran could expand their influence in yet another “Arab Spring” country.

During his visit to Egypt, Ahmadinejad is scheduled to meet with Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s premier Islamic institution. He is also scheduled to attend the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo, which starts Wednesday.

Security officials said Ahmadinejad also will tour the Pyramids in Giza.

Egyptian Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb (R) holds hands with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a meeting at Al-Azhar headquarters in Cairo on February 5, 2013. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Once close, Egypt and Iran severed their relations after the 1979 Islamic Revolution when Cairo offered exile to Iran’s deposed shah. Relations further deteriorated after Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel.

Relations are clearly warming, but Morsi faces pressure from Gulf states and some of his own citizens not to cozy up to Tehran.

Egypt’s hardline Al-Nour Party wants Morsi to make it clear that “Egypt is committed to the protection of all Sunni nations,” and that Iran’s support of Assad has not gone unnoticed. Liberal Egyptian politician Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat, nephew of the late President Anwar Sadat, is also concerned. After Anwar Sadat was assassinated over his pro-Western policies, Iran named a street in honor of his assassin.

But Egypt’s leader has spearheaded an “Islamic quartet” of nations to try and resolve the Syrian crisis and Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are all included.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Comments (106)

LBJDIDIT1963
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:22pm
Why is no one demanding our Muslim Brotherhood President Hussein Obama IMPEACHED! Look at what this evil fool is doing? Get him the hell out of the People House, he’s the enemy!

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- BARRYS_BEARD
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:46pm
  Good luck finding anyone in congress with the guts to do anything.
  
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- LBJDIDIT1963
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:01pm
  Right BARRYS, they are spineless!
  
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- tonypro
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 4:10pm
  ““Today’s ceremony demonstrates the firm belief of the United States that a strong Egypt is in the interest of the U.S., the region, and the world,” she declared.”"
  
  This should read “the firm belief of the muslim in Americas White House” because anyone with a brain understands this treasonous action of arming those that want to kill us, is not in the interest of our country.
  
  But then again this is no different than when the communist use the phrase “it’s what the majority of Americans want”.
  
  I SOOOOoooooooo wish these demons would STOP PRETENDING to speak for the majority!!!!
  
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- Joe_The_Patriot
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 5:57pm
  ANYBODY who claims barry is not a muslim, especially after this, must be totally ignorant, in denial or just plain STUPID.
  This is an act of treason, there is a ton of evidence and video egypt is now under control of the muslim brotherhood and they have declared us their enemy. WHY ARE WE ARMING OUR ENEMIES??????? W T F is WRONG WITH THE @ss-Holes in congress????????????
  
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FISH_BONE
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:10pm
The censor nazi at THEBLAZE wouldn’t post my original comment, so I’ll try again with nicer language:

Merry Christmas to my Muslim brothers. May you enjoy the fruits of my hard work while I continue to toil under the heavy hand of my Kenyan ruler so more toys may be delivered to you in the future.

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mtsnj
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:02pm
This is a prime example of how our government has no respect for the taxpayer. Congress is out of control of their minds allowing 224 F fighters to be given away to terrorists, only to be used against us sometime soon.

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- iampraying4u
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:01pm
  mtsnj Amen
  
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raderby
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:50pm
why isn’t barry poo-poo pants, AKA king zero, sitting there with them?

And, please, will somebody in some covert ops group, PLEASE put a fifty through that putz of iran’s head? (I’ll accept a 338)

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- BARRYS_BEARD
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:47pm
  And would someone please let him know that you never wear socks in a lighter color than your dress shoes. He looks almost as stupid as David Letterman.
  
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spfoam1
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:48pm
Both Morsi and Ahmadinejihad joined muslimsingles.com, and to everyone’s surprise they’re the perfect match. It’s love. Those F-16s make a great wedding gift, don’t they? I never imagined a marriage between an astronaut and a swine farmer. That could only happen in a secular, tolerant, multicultural society.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:01pm
  I think Barry the First Gay Dictator presided over their secret wedding. Who better than the Muslim Marxist Messiah?
  
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DAYWATCHER
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:47pm
OK, how long is it going to take after Egypt gets the last F-16 on the ground before they “sell a few of them to Iran”. Since these punks have absolutely no respect for Oblunder boy, they will probably send one of the first ones on over to Iran.

HOW STUPID IS AMERICA? ….. I never thought I would EVER have to make this kind of statement about my country….

Just saying…

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- mikem1969
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:56pm
  Well daywatcher, America elected little hitler twice, so VERY STUPID. It will not take long, for them to end up in Iran and loaded with nukes aimed for the US and Israel. Heck after their meeting, one of them probably was on the way. This administration is full of morons, criminals, and thugs.
  
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humba-labumbala-seebala-bumbala
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:45pm
Beyond Madness. It’s like giving a gun to someone who wants to kill you.

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- WillG
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:52pm
  And hollow points.
  
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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 7:16pm
  AM123
  
  2 Thes 2:2 CEB We don’t want you to be easily confused in your mind or upset if you hear that the [DAY OF THE LORD] is already here, whether you hear it through some spirit, a message, or a letter supposedly from us.
  
  NIV = not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the [DAY OF THE LORD] has already
  come.
  
  Amplified = Not to allow your minds to be quickly unsettled or disturbed or kept excited or alarmed, whether it be by some [pretended] revelation of [the] Spirit or by word or by letter [alleged to be] from us, to the effect that the [DAY OF THE LORD] has [already] arrived and is here.
  
  NLT = Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the [DAY OF THE LORD] has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us.
  
  Wycliffe = that ye be not moved soon from your wit, neither be afeared [neither be aghast], neither by spirit, neither by word, neither by epistle as sent by us, as if the day of the Lord be nigh.
  
  It is clear it is the DAY OF THE LORD is being spoken of as in the 7 year tribulation and not the resurrection/rapture
  
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am123
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:44pm
Is anybody surprised Obama is giving his Muslim buddies weapons?

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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:52pm
  Obama was put in place by God because that is what the unbelieving America deserves. This country is almost totally apostate with cults like the Emergent Church, Catholicism, Mormonism and on and on.
  
  Obama is sending weapons to these countries knowing they will be soon used on Israel
  
  This world is about to witness the resurrection/rapture http://youtu.be/ahEVxIzlxwo and what every Christian should be doing is spreading the gospel with what little time remains
  
  Romans 10:9-10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
  
  10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:59pm
  It’s part of the appeasement process that Obama and pansies like him never learned. That is, to hit a bully back, instead of giving them gifts to make them like you.
  
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- am123
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:12pm
  @THERAPTURCOMES,
  I agree mostly with what you said except for the part about the rapture. The pre-trib rapture theory is the biggest deception Satan has perpetrated upon the so-called Church, but that is another subject.
  
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- Bonnieblue2A
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:24pm
  It wasn’t just Obama but most of the neo-Cons in the US Senate who supported the continued transfer of the F-16s, tanks, etc… to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
  
  Sen. Rand Paul offered an Amendment to prohibit the transfer of these arms and the Senate overwhelmingly voted to table that Amendment and thereby annoint the transfer of arms to the Muslim Brotherhood controlling the Egyptian government.
  
  See the Amedment that the Senated voted to table and the ROLL CALL link to see how your Senators voted: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984249/posts
  
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- Bonnieblue2A
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:26pm
  @therapturecomes: pre-tribulation rapture theology is apostate. Read your bible.
  
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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 4:21pm
  AM123 & BONNIEBLUE
  
  The pre trib rapture is very biblical and is in point of fact what Christ taught
  
  John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
  2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
  3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
  
  Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
  
  Through studying the bible through a Hebraic lens and not a western mindset one can learn to rightly divide scriptures. There are Hebraic idioms, phraseology, ancient customs and practices that one can do to make the bible come alive with meaning. To try this through a western mindset leads to heresy and cults and massive confusion
  
  Please check my two videos I did on youtube
  
  (1) http://youtu.be/k8nm5rMcozE
  
  (2) http://youtu.be/UwL3rKteOng
  
  If you wish to make comments on my comment section on youtube I would enjoy this
  
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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 4:24pm
  AM123 & Bonnie
  
  I would ask you to consider these verses in context
  
  The church/bride is not meant for wrath 1 Thes1:10, 1 Thes 5:9-11, Rev 3:10
  
  The resurrection/rapture John 14:1-3, 1 Thes 4:13-18, 1 cor 15:50-55, Rev 3:10
  
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- am123
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 5:12pm
  @ THERAPTURCOMES,
  It is off subject, and there is sooooo many scriptures that invalidate a pre-trib rapture, but let this suffice for now: concerning the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, Paul said in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 to not let any man deceive you in any way, for that day (the rapture) will not come until there comes a falling away FIRST and the Antichrist is revealed. So Paul said that the Antichrist will come first and then the Day of Jesus Christ, or rapture, comes after that. Those who teach about a pre-tribulation rapture teach that the rapture comes first and then the Antichrist comes, which is the exact opposite of the order of events that Paul teaches! Whom shall we believe then, the Apostle Paul or these so-called teachers of the Word?
  
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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 6:36pm
  AM123
  
  2 Thes 2:1-3 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ[a] had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin[b] is revealed, the son of perdition,
  
  ‘That DAY’ in verse 3 is not a reference back to verse 1 to the ‘gathering’
  
  ‘THAT DAY’ is a reference to the ‘DAY OF THE LORD’ as in the beginning of the 7 year tribulation, Time of Jacobs trouble, Daniels 70th week.
  
  Daniel 9:27 shows that DAY will begin at the signing or enforce of the peace with the many on behalf of Israel.
  
  The Thessalonians thought the 7 year tribulation had started that the tribulation because of what is believed to be a FORGERY of Paul telling them that it had.
  
  Paul is writing and reminding them that the anti christ had not appeared appeared yet
  
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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 7:24pm
  AM123
  
  Here is a video on the so called FALLING AWAY that I think you and others may enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WykNfNq12Us&feature=share&list=FLS-fpI0iBt-64QQ2Xi3NT8Q
  
  If you believe in once saved always saved then it is not possible for a person to fall away from the faith?
  
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- by faith
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:31pm
  Pre-tribulation rapture was invented in 1830 by man
  once saved alway saved was invented by man. This is an off shoot of Martin Luther’s sola fida doctrine.
  Luther Said:”Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong, but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. We will commit sins while we are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides…” Once you are saved you don’t need to worry about sin. Christians who willfully sin WILL be judged at the Judgment Seat of Christ (Romans 12:14; 1st Thessalonians 4:6).
  
  Luther was so relieved when he “discovered” Sola Fide (Faith Alone) while he was sitting on the privy (toilet) in the monastery tower. He had only to believe, he said, and that relieved his tortured conscience.
  
  He removed eleven books from the canon of the Bible — seven and parts of Esther and Daniel from the OT and four from the NT — because he couldn’t make them conform to his new doctrines. He especially hated 2 Maccabees because it contains evidence of the purification of souls after death. The NT books were Hebrews, James, Jude, and Revelation. The NT books were restored by his followers in the 17th century, but they let his cuts to the OT stand. What does the Bible say about adding to or subtracting from Scripture?
  Luther was a very troubled soul.
  
  sola scriptura was invented by man…the Bible does not claim anywhere to be the sole authority of faith
  
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ABO
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:43pm
God how stupid is our government and its politicians…talking about arming our current and future enemies…our own weapons will be used against us…JUST WAIT AND SEE

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- iampraying4u
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:06pm
  Amen am123
  
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- iampraying4u
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:17pm
  God will put the zap in their lap
  
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zetuff
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:38pm
NOW WE REALLY KNOW WHY OBAMA GAVE MORSI THE 20 F=16s SO HE COULD TURN AROUND AND GIVE THEM TO IRAN…!!Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is there to check out his new fighter jets !! TREASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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huey6367
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:38pm
So we sold Egypt some F16s and some tanks. Now they own them and can sell them to whoever they want. Good job Obie.

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- zetuff
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:54pm
  WE didnt sell them # 20-F16s fighter jets .. Obama gave them as a gift. plus $1.2 billion of our tax paying dollars..knowing the whole time it was a backdoor deal for IRAN…..they are both laughing at the USA.!!!!….treason… impeach now!!
  
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Gonzo
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:36pm
I bet they are having a good laugh over our naive manchild of a POTUS.

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- zetuff
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:41pm
  OBAMA IS A TRAITOR …he is on the muslim brotherhood side… TREASON!!!!! IMPEACH!!!!
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:45pm
  GONZO, I can just picture them in a separate room laughing out loud and slapping each other on the back while making jokes about the U.S. and 0bama. We pulled it off again!
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:52pm
  Zetuff, that would require him to believe in a power greater than himself. You really think he could do that?
  
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- barber2
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:12pm
  RJJ: Ever consider that O is in on the ” joke ?” I mean he does want to ” change” America. And he will be out of the country…
  
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- iampraying4u
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:13pm
  Dont say back door to berry or he will take you up on it
  
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Chuck7884
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:35pm
I wonder when Iran will send there pilots over to Egypt to pick up delivery Of the F-16′s and parts’ they may have purchased?.

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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:09pm
  they had 224 already, dont you think the revolutionary guards already have some? im more worried about the Abrahms MBTs and Bradley AFVs. Any wonder how they started knocking them out in Iraq?
  
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- Chuck7884
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:09pm
  Those would be harder to transport and the could be seized by the United states Navy unless Iran has a way to fly those beasts to Iran on there own and not by a sponsor. Remember creditable deniablity .
  
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- iampraying4u
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:16pm
  Add your comments
  
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Popp40
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:33pm
Remember….Obama believes that we (the USA) stole from the rest of the world. We (the USA) have a technological edge and he just wants to level the playing field. He wants to make sure that other countries are just as equal as we are. So he has to spread our technology to all those less fortunate countries….and what better way then this…..well we can also have one of our most top secret drones go down over Iran and our top secret helicoptor go down in Pakastan….

Remember Obama wants to spread the wealth (and this deals more than just money)…..after all the rich (aka America) needs to pay their fair share…..

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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:33pm
He was probably checking to see if they would sell some of them to Iran.
This is the BIGGEST F\/€KING reason why we should have NEVER given an islamist regime our weapons. BHO is a traitor.

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- Bonnieblue2A
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:28pm
  He is joined by other traitors in the halls of our Congress who supported this sale, namely the neo-Con war hawks and Progressives on both sides of the aisle.
  http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00009
  
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DoctorRon
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:31pm
Why can’t Congress do something to stop Obama from arming our enemies?

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- FISH_BONE
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:01pm
  That would require a pair of cajones. Do you know anyone in congress with a pair? I sure don’t.
  
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:31pm
MB will probably sell jets to Ahm and then we can have another possible “Benghazi.

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DoctorRon
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:29pm
Morsi and Iran both want to destroy Israel and now Obama has given them the means to do it.

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- Supah_Patriot
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:37pm
  Really? A handful of planes is enough to defeat the Israeli army?
  
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- ABO
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:51pm
  Yes a handful of these hi-tech planes can do serious damage…get a grip on REALITY
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:54pm
  STUPAH
  224 is hardly a handful.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:00pm
  Gosh Supah, with those keen analytical skills you might have a shot at Sec.of Defense when Hagel gets shot down.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:09pm
  Not only that, they can dismantle one or two and reverse engineer the technology, start making their own F-16s, and American built tanks. Don’t criticize to harshly though, the DoJ has a white paper saying that citizens considered enemies of the state can be summarily executed by drone strike.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:58pm
  You know “SUPAH”…maybe you should log in as one of your other screennames? This one is one of your dumbest..that’s not to say the others are smart in any way..they’re just less dumb it seems than this particular one.
  
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- Sgt_Rock
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 7:31pm
  Why reverse engineer? We gave them a license to build the M1 already. Egypt currently has an inventory 1015 M1A1s. We recently sold “kits” to Egypt that will allow them do the final assembly on and additional 125 tanks, which will bring their total of M1 tanks to over 1140. In addition they already had 1000 M60A3 and 680 M60A1 tanks, the M1A1s predecessor. They have significantly more Armor than the Israelis. Air Force wise there is a closer parity, but Egypt’s land forces are larger in every way. This is not new. Egypt’s armed forces have always dwarfed those of Israel. The advantage has always gone to Israel because of superior leadership, better tactics and a higher caliber of soldier. There is one other key factor. Israel fights for it’s very existence. The prospect of annihilation is always a compelling reason to fight harder than your invader. The M1 is superior to anything the Israelis can presently field. The Merkava is a good tank, well protected, manned by superior tank crews. Hopefully that will carry the day, but it will be very costly for the Israeli ground forces, I hope I am wrong. In the air, the Israelis excel. They are smart, well trained, aggressive pilots.
  
  We are fools to support Egypt under it’s current leadership. It is only a matter of time, because no one respects our administration nor do they fear retribution. My hope is that we have pre-sabotaged these weapons systems, but that would take educated foresight and common sense.
  
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DoctorRon
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:27pm
What is to keep Morsi from “selling” the F-16s and Abrams tanks to Iran?

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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:18pm
  why sell them Abrahms MBTs when they can just load them with Iranian Revolutionary Guards and roll into Israel? ship them to Iran they would have to drive back across iraq and syria. We just gave them an armored division, it only lacks persians to man it. If i were Israeli id be shining up my missiles, loading my 10 round clips and sharpening my blades….
  
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thibx
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:25pm
leaders in this country (usa) are so damn stupid.

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Popp40
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:23pm
Is it just me or does the events going on in the world and in the U.S. seem like a really bad movie script where the plot is to bring down America?

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- huey6367
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:39pm
  Apparently you and I are reading the same script.
  
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- humba-labumbala-seebala-bumbala
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:50pm
  Next; we’ll be sending them to North Korea. We can laugh at that statement now (Until it happens).
  Not so far fetched when you consider what’s happening now.
  
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toiletclogga
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:23pm
I hope we outfitted all these planes with a “kill switch.”

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jackact
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:22pm
Probably checking that each F-16 has proper satellite bombing systems easily able to locate Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Probably each missile states, “With Love From Obama”

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jackact
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:22pm
Probably checking that each F-16 has proper satellite bombing systems easily able to locate Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Probably each missile states, “With Love From Obama”

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Micmac
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:20pm
Why don’t we just give them to the MB and get it all out in the open? I want to see a public poll on this issue.

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