Obama Reportedly Blocks Israel Missile Shipment

Arutz Sheva ^ | 8-14-14 | Ari Yashar

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

A new report reveals that US President Barack Obama's administration stopped a shipment of missiles to Israel late last month and tightened weapons shipment procedures to Israel, as tensions between the two nations grow amid Operation Protective Edge.

The report in the Wall Street Journal, released Wednesday night, cites US officials in Obama's administration, who say they discovered Israel had requested a large number of Hellfire missiles directly through military-to-military channels. An initial batch of the missiles was about to be shipped, according to sources in Israel and the US Congress.

At that point, the Pentagon stepped in and put the transfer on hold. Further, top White House officials instructed various US military agencies to consult with the US State Department before approving any additional requests from Israel.

A senior Obama administration official was quoted in the report as saying the transfer shouldn't have been a routine "check-the-box approval," given Israel's defensive operation in Gaza against Hamas, which is recognized as a terrorist organization by the US.

The decision to clamp down on future transfers was the equivalent of "the United States saying 'the buck stops here. Wait a second…It's not OK anymore,'" said the official.

A Israeli defense official confirmed the reports to Walla! on Thursday, saying "the US delayed a shipment of Hellfire missiles to the Israeli airforce." He added "apparently it was (done) on the background of national tension" with Israel.

[House Atreides]

He’s simply doing as much as he can get away with to help his Muslim Brotherhood & Hamas buddies. Fortunately he is significantly limited in how much he can damage such allies of the US.

[Diogenesis]

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ordered Lois Lerner to fund the genocide tunnels and rockets
of Hamas through his bro.

Obama was just protecting America's investment in Hamas.

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[ConservativeMan55]

bump!

[mindburglar]

Israel should send a low yield nuke to Mecca to send a polite message to the world.

They worship a friggen meteorite. They still think stars are holes poked into the black paper that surrounds the Earth.

[I want the USA back]

Of course. It was obvious from the start that he hates Israel and favors the bearded savages.

[bgill]

Probably to divert the shipment to his muzzy brothers to be used against Israel.

[Uncle Miltie]

Bastard. And I use the term in its literal and figurative senses.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Israel should quietly adopt a policy of “weapons escalation”, making sure the Pentagon knows. This means that Israel produces weapons that are a little “lower tech” and more destructive than the US equivalents.

For example, if the US denied them AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, with laser guidance and around 20 pounds of explosives, the Israelis would still use laser guidance, just less accurate, and 30 pounds of explosives.

Effectively this means that Israel would still attack the same targets, if denied Hellfires, but it would cause more collateral damage and likely kill more Paleos.

“Not our fault. If you really cared about innocent Paleos, then you would have provided us with a more accurate weapon. But *you* chose to harm more innocent Paleos.”

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[chris37]

Unreal.

This man is a stinking piece of crap.

[onedoug]

And they’ll get no help from our “conservative” House either.

[BusterBear]

From the article: US official: “They don’t know their place in the world.”

Yep - the Obama Administration can’t wrap their heads around the idea of those friggin’ Jews who “don’t know their place.”

[Dutch Boy]

So with actions like that, is it treason yet? By holding back arms to allies, he is helping the enemy. An enemy that has eyes on the US. What is wrong with the Congress for not seeing this and beginning the paperwork...

[chiefqc]

Just when you think this evil POS can not sink any lower he finds another much lower level in the sewer to wallow around in with the rats who still want to be around him.

[Mastador1]

He’s simply doing as much as he can get away with to help his Muslim Brotherhood & Hamas buddies. Fortunately he is significantly limited in how much he can damage such allies of the US.

I wonder if he had those missiles redirected to hi hamass buds.

[TLI]

The report in the Wall Street Journal, released Wednesday night, cites US officials in Obama's administration, who say they discovered Israel had requested a large number of Hellfire missiles directly through military-to-military channels. An initial batch of the missiles was about to be shipped, according to sources in Israel and the US Congress.

At that point, the Pentagon stepped in and put the transfer on hold. Further, top White House officials instructed various US military agencies to consult with the US State Department before approving any additional requests from Israel.

But it is perfectly ok to send them into Iraq...

The Obama administration is hoping that 4,000 Hellfire missiles might turn the tide in Iraq as the Middle Eastern nation takes on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Officials were told by the State Department last week that the Obama administration is trying to complete the sale with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shiite-led government.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3175285/posts

Aparently Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will see to it that the missiles will not "accidentally" slip into the wrong hands...

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[Pride in the USA]

ping

[Praxeologue]

Obama tries to hide his hatred of Israel from the U.S. public, which supports Israel's actions in Gaza.

This article blows Obama's cover, demonstrating his petulance.

[lonevoice]

What does this anti-semitic administration expect Israel to do, I wonder? Roll over and die? Do the words "Never again!" ring a bell for obozo?

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