remember we had to stop our arms traders from smuggling a supergun to Sadam to obliterate israel.

i think you have to cut israel some slack, as they are surrounded by avowed enemies - you can't expect democracy to function in the same way that it does on the isle of wight.

and really you guys with statistics...!
i mean , theres statistics and bollocks - and it seems to me they're pretty much interchangeable.

have you costed all those tanks the soviets bought Egypt to invade israel? i think we may take it that israel's many enemies will be not without their funders.

its a way the soviets can take a pop and play cats paw with the USA like they did very successfully in Vietnam. Don't fall for the ragged peasants army routine. THe Vietnamese paid for our appalling naivety with many executions and murders.