[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Call me a pacifist if you will, but the idea of perennially poor Latin American nations spending money on fighter jets strikes me as stupid and wasteful. There, I said it. (apologies to Mark Levin)

[tlb]

>>>Call me a pacifist if you will, but the idea of perennially poor Latin American nations spending money on fighter jets strikes me as stupid and wasteful.

At the core of the argument you are correct, I’ve made it myself in prior threads. But fair consideration has to be given to the Hugo Chavez military buildup. As the cokehead buys MiGs the other nations in the continent are forced to look to their own air defense.

Under the circumstances, used South African Mirages seem like an intelligent choice. A decent airplane at second-hand prices.