John Kiriakou
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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
They said, no, not good enough.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
We want the, we want the F-35, the same one that you guys fly.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
In the meantime, the Emirates came to us and they said, we want the F-35.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
We're going to give you the F-35E.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
We're going to call it for Emirates.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
And it's going to have just a slightly degraded avionics package.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
Same thing we're giving the Israelis.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
They said, fine, we'll take it.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
then tasked their spies with stealing whatever the downgrade was in the avionics so that they could re-upgrade it once they took delivery of the F-35.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
Well, now we're just going to share everything with them.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
We'll just give them the F-35.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
And I'm not saying you are.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
I'm thinking out loud.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
I don't fault the Israelis for doing this.