This Idea Is A Bomb

Townhall ^ | February 11, 2008 | Chuck Colson

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Last month, the president announced his intention to sell Saudi Arabia some of our most sophisticated weapons. This is a bad idea, and you should let your representative know it right away.

The proposed $20 billion deal includes “satellite-guided weaponry” and “high-tech munitions,” including 900 JDAM bombs. The JDAM is arguably the smartest “smart bomb” in our arsenal. Its electronics can “guide the bomb to its target regardless of weather.” And, it is also resistant to the jamming of its GPS system.

...The Saudi government funds and operates “mosques, madrassas, and Islamic centers” in the United States and elsewhere. These institutions spread the Salafist, or Wahabi, version of Islam practiced in the kingdom—the same kind that prohibits the practice of Christianity, that lets girls burn to death rather than letting them exit a burning building in their pajamas.

What’s more, it is the version of Islam that inspires bin Laden and other extremists and seeks to dominate other, more moderate, versions of Islam and destroy non-Muslim nations like ours. Without Saudi petro-dollars, Salafism would be confined to the Arabian peninsula.

...It is a tribute to “the Saudis’ considerable influence in U.S. corridors of power” that such a ridiculous deal would ever be proposed. It is also, as Gaffney and others have pointed out, a consequence of our dependence on Saudi oil.

[org.whodat]

It is a tribute to “the Saudis’ considerable influence in U.S. corridors of power” that such a ridiculous deal would ever be proposed.

The Saudis have enough bought and paid for politicians to get what they want. Look at the current toll road mess in Texas, the politicians know that the people don't want it but the Saudis do.

[Nephi]

Aw geez, is Colson an isolationist now, too?

[squidly]

At least the Saudis are paying for the stuff, as opposed to the countries to which we donate weapons.

[Iron Munro]

The Saudis have enough bought and paid for politicians to get what they want.

Jeepers! Say it isn't so.

[FatherofFive]

I’ve always hated those pictures.

[onedoug]

Some war.

[death2tyrants]

Reading the comments on Townhall, they appearently allow leftists to post. Bush lied, unjustified war, blah, blah..I used to like Townhall too. Why I could just read that nonsense on the DU instead.

[Goldwater and Gingrich]

The Saudi government can make a lot of their money back by just selling a few of them to China, our new friends.

Learning how to jam our JDAMS should be worth a few bucks.

Thanks GWB.

We should make a law that says that no laws can be passed in a lame duck session.
Remember HWB sighing the clean water act just before leaving.

[Dilbert56]

Don't the Saudis already have AWACS, F-15s and M-1s?

If they're going to bomb a target it would be good if they hit it. They have waxed a few Al Qaida types already, this could help them take out a few more.

[purpleraine]

The Saudis, in addition to presidential hand holding have lobbyists in DC. They use some of the nearly 300 bill in US oil purchases to lobby our congress in their interests. The law firm headed by James Baker fought the survivors of 9/11 when they sued the Saudi government.

When there is a fundamentalist islam revolution in SA, the more fanatical people will have charge of those weapons.

We need to stop this insanity, outlaw foreign government lobbying, and implement the recommendations in Energy Victory to get us off the SA teat.

[Gvl_M3]

Ping

[ddtorquee]

right on purpleraine

[G8 Diplomat]

There's also Iran to consider. We need the Saudis and the Gulf states as regional counterweight, and building up their arms supply will make Iran think twice before trying to mess around with their oil routes and what not. The problem is, there's no guarantee these weapons would only be used against Iran or AQ....being the exporters of terror the Saudis are, who knows where they could wind up.