Turkey is already bombing the Kurds again around Aleppo and IMO ought to be kicked out of NATO. Saudi Arabia supports extremist scum. The US calls both Turkey and Saudi Arabia “allies” and has had a habit of stabbing Kurds in the back since the first Gulf War. Russia is supposed to be a scare crow in Europe but in…

So what? Iran is no threat to the US, except vis a vis Isreal

Oh, its going to happen. How good/expensive they will be remains to be seen, but its gonna happen.

I don’t have a big issue with this (other than increased militarization that is rarely ever good for anyone, anywhere).

Doubt it. There are a lot of Navy F-14s in museums already (though not nearly as many as there should be!) and an IIAF/IRIAF F-14 would be a very, very unique piece.

That’s pretty retarded since Russian tanks come with auto loaders.

After a jump like that your ass might freeze your assets, your legs will declare an embargo while your sphincter will be placed under international sanctions.

is that new? I thought this was fairly routine for... i don’t know... the last few thousand years?

So, you’re saying an uncooperative, nuclear armed Iran is a better option than an Iran that’s willing to compromise with us and has some updated conventional weapons?

I have a friend who fled Iran during the fall of the Shah. He and his parents literally crossed the border to freedom with Iranian jihadists shooting at them.

Actually, I would consider them more trustworthy than the Gulf Arabs. And rapprochement with Iran is actually a good thing. They may be buying Russian military kit, but they have also ordered 100-odd Airbuses and are negotiating with Boeing for a similar number of brand new planes.

They had autoloaders for decades now.

Better this than nukes, which they were going to get unless we made this deal or invaded.

That would be kind of nice, as even the most ardent anti-Iran grump would have a hard time arguing against a US airplane museum getting such a great fighter. After all, they'll probably replace the Iranian insigna.

But why would they need to buy from Russia when they already have a totally not fake 5th generation fighter?

The worst part of this story is that we may actually be at the end of flying F-14s. :(

Sirface area, surface area, surface area.

Probably the crotch.

I don’t see how anything but disengaging is a viable solution.

The Obama Administration has a fundamental misunderstanding of what air power alone, unaided by forward air controllers on the ground, can and cannot do.