Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Thursday, October 6, 2011

The Greek Economy Is Going Down the Drain, No?

So why is the Greek Army buying 400 Abrams tanks?

Will the Pentagon also sell tanks to the NYPD?
Posted by on or about 09:39
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4 comments:

Nangleator said...

Awesome! 400 tanks for a pittance of a downpayment, then you just default on that loan, along with every other one. Got a problem with that? Tell it to the tank, sucker!

Problems with citizens? Clankety-clankety-squish! No more problems!

10/06/2011 10:30 AM
nunya said...

good question

10/06/2011 10:52 AM
montag said...

Austerity is for the peasants not the security forces.

10/06/2011 1:32 PM
bob said...

First the Greeks are not buying the M1-A1 with Greek money, they are buying the M1-A1. The Greeks are buying the units with our money. The USAR is currently fielding the M1-A2, with the M1-A3 just finishing up development. The 'Our Money" is called Foreign Military Sales, and they typically finance via the Foreign Military Financing, which can be one of the follow, an out right grant (Foreign Aid), No Interest Loan, or a Low Interest Loan. This sale has a great deal of Grant attached to it.

Second and more importantly these are not NEW tanks (M1-A1), they will be new to the Greeks, but Old to the USAR (M1-A2 and the soon to be present M1-A3).

Many if not all will come out of the Army Prepositioned Stock (APS). Given that much of this equipment has already been picked clean of anything remotely new.

Additionally with the draw down from 45 to 37 Brigade Combat Teams there will be surplus equipment to get off the books.

It is a really slippery way to keep our Foreign Aid at home.

10/06/2011 2:40 PM

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