i lend out money myself on occasion, tho it becomes less and less frequent as i age,
and i tell you right now that i wont lend out money for a non-productive purchase like an F-35,
even less so when operating cost is more than F-16.
the greeks wont make money on such a loan, it just drain their income more,
i’ll be damned forever to lend out for such things.
i define ‘investment’ as something that in the long run is going to create wealth,
if it aint investment, -dont lend
I think this subject deserves its own thread by itself.
To be brief, just look at how many planes would be needed to take over the tasks done by their 300 actually fielded planes: probably that 50 F35 will do the trick slashing down their defense expense on a manner never seen before. With out of country basing* (for better training with other Eu partners and first strike resilience), the cost burden would be even less, less plane could be needed and in overall this could produce a net benefits for those European partners that also use the bird (cost sharing) and are themselves solid contributors of the Eu budget…
So, once again, less for better and more growth; something that should tinkle in every Eu accountant mind.
*with their most potent F16/2k assuming air policing and the first line of defense
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