Originally Posted by
skua
So we are providing flying training to a state that harbours the Hamas leadership.Difficult being a senior Western politician these days, but it smacks of cake/eating it.
They harboured the Taliban leadership while the UK was fighting in Afghanistan.
Nixon had the sense to avoid being drawn into a regional conflict.
Nixon rushed military aid to Israel so quickly during the Yom Kippur war that donated F-4s were being flown by the Israeli Air Force in their original USAF paint schemes. It was the largest military airlift in history.