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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: The Philosopher who wrote (70288)1/26/2003 8:42:53 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
I doubt it

Saudis have the biggest fighter aircraft fleet in the gulf, Turkey's is bigger, but they aren't really a gulf state- and the Saudis have pilots who actually know how to fly. Their military, while half the size of Iraq's, is better trained and equipped, and probably has better moral. On top of that they have interlocking defense agreements with other gulf powers, and the US would no doubt aid them. I have no doubt the Saudis, if roused, could beat Iraq.