US rushing 'smart bombs' to Israel

Jerusalem Post ^ | 7/22/6 | NATHAN GUTTMAN

[SmithL]

The US is rushing a delivery of "smart bombs" to Israel after Israel indicated it needed the bombs for its military campaign against the Hizbullah.

The New York Times reported Saturday that the decision to rush the shipment was reached after little debate within the administration.

The "smart bombs" - bombs which are equipped with precision guidance devises, are part of an arms deal reached months ago between Israel and the US, but the fighting in Lebanon led Israel to ask for an expedited delivery of the bombs, before the agreed scheduled of supply.

According to the report, the US is stressing that the early shipment should not be seen as an emergency supply to help Israel, but rather as a change of schedule in a deal which was previously agreed upon.

An American - Islamic group - Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the Bush administration to stop the deal, saying that the rush delivery at a time of war would be "unconscionable."

[Jack Deth]

An American - Islamic group - Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the Bush administration to stop the deal, saying that the rush delivery at a time of war would be "unconscionable."


Who gives a fat rat's a** what CAIR thinks?????


The US "gave" hundred of cases of Sidewinder missiles to Israel during their 1975 Live Fire Exercise. Where the Syrians discovered that the superb Air To Air Missile could and in countless instances, did destroy Syrian tanks.


Is it any wonder that the IAF/IDF has been the Real World/Live Fire R&D Section for US armaments ever since?


Jack.

[rmlew]

The leadership of CAIR should have been rounded up in 2001.

[rmlew]

Israel does not need short range air to air missles. The Python 5 is the equal to the AIM9x and has a longer range.

Israel does still need bombs. It also needs many more UAVs in LEbanon.

[Jack Deth]

Israel does not need short range air to air missles. The Python 5 is the equal to the AIM9x and has a longer range.

I know that Israel does not require Air To Air Missiles, rmlew. I was using the Sidewinders from 1975 as an instance where the US gave the IAF some help when asked.

Jack.

[wouldntbprudent]

The "smart bombs" - bombs which are equipped with precision guidance devises, are part of an arms deal reached months ago between Israel and the US, but the fighting in Lebanon led Israel to ask for an expedited delivery of the bombs, before the agreed scheduled of supply.

It is SOOOOO lame for the MSM to try to make hay out of this.

[Convert from ECUSA]

If CAIR is whining about it, then I say we send a few more smart bombs to Israel, and give them to Israel at a discount.

[dfwgator]

Pat Buchanan is deeply saddened.

[Lurking in Kansas]

Uh... this stuff isn't secret.

Visit this some time:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/index.html

[SmithL]

Sticks and rocks are smart weapons to Pat.

[Sabramerican]

US is stressing that the early shipment should not be seen as an emergency supply to help Israel

So much about the crazy US/Israeli relationship is in this fact.

Even as almost all US politicians- and most Americans- all agree Israel is in the right and should be supported, even as there is always a claim of a "special relationship", even as the US is actually helping Israel with this shipment- the US still needs to show it is not supporting a friend at war

Israel remains the American mistress- young, fun, a great lay and maybe even loved in a way- but not to be seen together in polite company.