[mamelukesabre]

China’s against it? well hell, give them a free one then for every 5 they buy. First tank of gas is on us.

[Max_850]

Prior to the Clinton administration China was a 3rd world country. Now they are ordering us around expecting us to obey. Within another 5 years we may be forced to.

[cranked]

China owns Jack Squat Barry, as well as SEIU, ACORN, Wall Street, Soros, etc., etc.

[M. Espinola]

Keep Free China (Taiwan) free, if the commies don't like it, too bad.

[americanophile]

Screw ‘em, sell the planes. Thanks for the help with N. Korea and Iran China.

[ATX 1985]

Not only would I like to see us protect our Sphere of Influence and Allies, but 66 F-16s is over a 4 billion dollar deal. In 2009, Taiwan bought the 4th most weaponry from the USA.

Here are the numbers from Reuters, just in case anyone is curious. A record 38.1 billion dollars in arms deals were made in 2009.

The top purchasing countries in 2009 were United Arab Emirates ($7.9 billion), Afghanistan ($5.4 billion) and Saudi Arabia ($3.3 billion), followed by Taiwan ($3.2 billion), Egypt ($2.1 billion), Iraq ($1.6 billion), NATO ($924.5 million), Australia ($818.7 million) and South Korea ($716.6 million).

[Jet Jaguar]

F-16 ping