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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: neolib who wrote (191480)7/12/2006 1:54:29 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Airforces and navies are basically worthless to those guys. They are expensive equipment which will be worthless within hours or at most a few days of any engagement with the West.

Yes, but they don't know they will be tangling with West. Saddam fought with almost all his neighbors. Furthermore, Arab armies have an important function as patronage schemes and to keep the locals in line. Big shiny toys help there.
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