Posted on 11/27/2010 10:03:49 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The U.S. administration has quietly forged ahead with a massive arms sale to Saudi Arabia despite lawmakers' worries of its affect on relations with Israel.
The U.S. Department of Defense presented the sale in late October, requiring 30 days for Congress to either block or change terms of the $60 billion transaction. The sale aims to bolster Saudi Arabia's defenses from any prospect of an attack from Iran.
The massive arms deal marks the single largest sale of weapons to a foreign nation in the history of the United States and supplies the Saudi Arabian kingdom with a fully modernized and powerful new air force
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As bad as this deal sounds. We need a hedge against Iran.
That's a lot of box cutters and one way plane tickets!
We need the cash. And the USD needs some way for those with nation-sized positions to redeem it for something of actual value.
Most American Jews voted for Obama. Well this is the result.
The only arms we should sell to muslims should be prosthetics.
This is economic issue, not a significant military issue. It is a win win situation for everyone, except for those poor saud turds that catch a sidewinder up the tailpipe.
And what about the oil that these particular Muslims sell to us?
Just a hunch.
Yeah right. The Saudis are our “friends.” This is to make their puppet, the muslim, look good with this “deal.” We cannot get to our energy because they own the Dems, enviros, RINOs and American TV.
The public can keep watching Saudi TV - aka Fox, Disney, ABC, CNN, GE- et al, and. Sad that the American public has no clue. Effing sheep.
Yeah right. The Saudis are our “friends.” This is to make their puppet, the muslim, look good with this “deal.” We cannot get to our energy because they own the Dems, enviros, RINOs and American TV.
The public can keep watching Saudi TV - aka Fox, Disney, ABC, CNN, GE- et al, and. Sad that the American public has no clue. Effing sheep.
American Jews voted for the Saudi puppet. Israel is a lot closer to the Saudis then you realize. They keep it very quiet.
Well you cannot get the 4 x times the saudi oil, shale oil, coal diesel and loads of other stuff on federal land because the saudis own Washington DC, American TV (check the deals with Al Waleed), the Dems, TONS of lobbyists and most of the fake environmentalists.
That was you can remain their energy serf while they islamify America like they did the UK.
We are perfectly capable of supplying and refining our own oil, and should be doing so, rather than relying on them.
It sounds like the Saudis are far more worried about Iran than about Israel. Saudi Arabia would probably just sit and whistle Dixie if Israel ever attacked Iran.
It sounds like the Saudis are far more worried about Iran than about Israel. Saudi Arabia would probably just sit and whistle Dixie if Israel ever attacked Iran.
It sounds like the Saudis are far more worried about Iran than about Israel. Saudi Arabia would probably just sit and whistle Dixie if Israel ever attacked Iran.
They are. Israel doesn't want Saudi land, oil, or Mecca. Iran wants them all.
http://advice2ummah.co.uk/2010/06/23/israeli-air-force-lands-at-saudi-airbase-as-us-troops-amass-at-irani-border/
Sounds like a dry run/training experience for staging a raid through - when it becomes necessary.
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