Dear MEPIN Readers,
My friend and colleague Seth Frantzman—one of the Middle East’s most astute military analysts—recently asked me, along with Yaakov Amidror (former Israeli Major General and National Security Advisor), Yoel Guzansky (head of the Gulf Program at the Institute for National Security Studies), and Charles Wald (retired U.S. Air Force General), to weigh in on whether the proposed F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia endangers Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge.
“any F-35 delivery should be absolutely contingent on Riyadh distancing itself from China — America’s primary strategic adversary — with whom the Saudis recently held joint military exercises. Beijing is eager to gain access to this transformative technology.”
Read Seth’s article to see why my assessment differed from the expert consensus. Eric