Originally posted by Syzygyone
Neither. I was just curious at the tenor of your previoius post. Seemed you were insinuating that there was something negative in that deal for Italy or how the U.S. went about it. Better aircraft, better price! What more could you want!
As for knowing you are smart, my paternal grandparents were smart enough to immigrate to U.S. in the 1920's. But then, they insist that they wre Siciliano, not merely Italiano!
Bythe way, I once worked with a man with the last name of
Pouzzouli!. Anyone named the town notied in your avatar?
There's nothing bad in the deal, nor I want to imply a judgement, business is business.
But there's a fact usually ignored:
giving the maintenance to US personnel means that there will be no know-how transfer, and in the improbable case of a disagreement between the governments, one of the retaliation cut be to deprivate my nation of a good part of the air defence.
It's not a "strategic" perfect choise made by my government, dont you think?
A good deal cut have been the Mig29s, the plan was to let our industry to work on the "refreshment" of the avionic, and in the successive Hardware maintenance.
The Mirage affair was a no, with the little advantage of a partecipation in the Airbus Industries.
For the Siciliano part, my family comes from Sicily, and, since i am born in Naples, I am Napoletano.
There's still a strong feel the old Southern Kingdom, in fact the northern military forces conquered southern Italy no long time ago (end of 19 century).
A lot of immigrants in the beginning of the century were named after their birth city, 'cause was easier for the custom officers.
Remember "Don Vito Corleone"?
Corleone is near Palermo, in the interior.
