Well, that bad would be very unlikely as there also live sensible people in the US who will probably get in the WH if the Republicans keep screwing everything up.

How can Algeria buy planes with that budget? Does it give the sellers agricultural products or oil?

I wonder where Venezuela should get the money from to buy these planes. The country is more or less bankrupt because of Chavez and not very credit worthy with this unpredicatable president.

I can’t believe it. If it would be true, that would be a huge amount of wasted money. Wouldn’t this force a government out of office?

And the arab perspective is not that jews are bad or ISrael has no right to exist. It is all about making peace.

Are you living in dreams!!!!!!!!!!????!!!! Do you know any muslims???? They HATE Jews and Israel!!! The first wars with Israel weren’t about Palestine, Jordan and Syria killed many themselves in those years, but about the destruction of Israel!! Israel fear is entirely justified (BUT not the way it treats the Palestinians), King Abdallah of Jordan is a nice guy and committed to peace with Israel and close ties to the west just like his father in his later years. But many Jordanians are Palestines and don’t like their neighbour. Who know how long this man will last? And then take Egypt, which is a real threat. There’s peace now, but its leader is 75 years old and suffers from health problems, what will the future bring? Most Egyptians hate Israel and Egypt is quite strong, its future leader might take a chance. Most Arab (muslim) countries don’t even recognize Israel, not because of the Palestinian situation (they don’t even care so much about their own population sometimes) but because the fact that Israel exists on land they consider Holy, the land that holds the third most sacred place in muslim land, the al Aqsa mosq. Furthermore Israel has many other places that muslims consider very holy, they don’t want those in Jewish hands.
Another thing is that Israel defeated these countries several times completely on the battlefield and is a succes story contrary to their own pasts. They feel humiliated and want revenge, they want the blood of Israel. If you don’t any muslims personally I recommend you to visit the pakdef forums and don’t think these guys are extremists (which seems so, I agree)!!
I do agree with you that Israel could be more forthcoming to the Palestinians and should abandon many settlements. Though what will a future Palestinian state be? Another dictatorship in the Middle East under the head of Arafat? Arab’s record of democracy and responsible government is not that bright and the Palestinians fight a lot among themselves in the past and and in the present.

(Of course to be fair, I have to had that not all muslims hate Israel, there are very bright muslims who seek peace, but the majority (especially the majority in the middle east) is on the opposite site)

Quite strange move of Russia, guess they want to limit the power of the Chinese a bit.

The Egyptian flights, in turn, are causing concern in Israel. “We’re worried about them,” said an Israeli military source. “That they have the nerve to send their UAVs over is a worrying sign.”

Read, the reaction is only “worried”, nor harsh language or threats at all. Not even: “If we see another one, we’ll shoot it down!” Why is that? Is Israel afraid that Egypt might do some more?