Stephen Cohen
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Oscar,
The bottomline is----when the public learns to look at the results---they are not going to accept excuses and sob stories by the paf---.
Paf may have a 1001 excuses. The mmrca started with the M2K---rafale was not in the picture---30-36 Rafales on a fastrak in 2002 - 03 would have sealed the deal for the JF17. Rafale came into the picture in 2004-05.
The end result is that the paf has failed in procuring an air superiority aircraft in the time it had to make the deal.
PAF was pursuing F 16 deal after 9/ 11 when Aid was available and sanctions were lifted
BUT even in JUNE 2003 --President BUSH publicly refused F 16 s
when General Musharraf went to Washington DC
http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jun/24pak4.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/25/world/bush-offers-pakistan-aid-but-no-f-16-s.html
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@MastanKhan
F 16 s were made available to Pakistan in 2005 after 9/11 sanctions were lifted
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/03/25/jet.sale/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A800-2005Mar25.html
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