U.S. Arming the Wahhabis to the Teeth

Losing the West's qualitative edge, by our own hand. Supplying the arms in which to kill us. That is, in effect, the end result. Your taxpayer dollars supplying the means to annihilate you. Israel is just the appetizer.

U.S. to sell advanced weapons to Saudi Arabia and others McClatchy Newspapers

The Bush administration has decided to supply billions of dollars in advanced new weapons to Saudi Arabia , other Arab allies of the United States and to other Arab allies of the United States and to Israel , senior State Department officials and congressional aides said Friday

The arms and aid package, which the officials said is to be announced on Monday, is part of a U.S. initiative to reassure worried allies in the Middle East that despite its troubles in Iraq , the United States remains committed to the region. It also is meant to send a signal of resolve to Iran's increasingly confident leaders.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates leave for the Middle East on Monday on a rare joint mission to deliver those messages in person to the region's leaders.

Rice delivering us on a arms-plated platter. Ugh.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the package has not yet been announced, said it would include selling Saudi Arabia advanced weapons known as Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs. JDAMs convert simple gravity bombs into accurate "smart" weapons.

Israel protested the proposed sale when word of it first leaked in April.

The package also will include new weapons for the United Arab Emirates , another U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf, and both military and economic support to Egypt . [No port deal but plenty of arms- makes sense - Atlas] Other details of the proposed arms sales weren't immediately available Friday.

Dr. History added, " While the US might sell Israel F-22s, it has announced it plans to double the size of the Saudi and UAE airforces, selling everything to them –even perhaps F-22s. The Saudi airforce will thus be on par with Israel – or better. Additionally with 250 Su-30s from Russia to Iran – if as is usually the case (based on previous history) the Arabs and Iranians will COMBINE forces against the “Zionist entity” Israel will be OVERWHELMED! End of story."

Comments

[wxjames]

I have been thinking that Bush lost his mind, but this is hard evidence.
Didn't the Saudis ask us to leave ? Want us to come back ? Throw in some perks, like western womens wear and driving privileges, or cheap oil. But Bush, like Willy the weasel before him, is about to give up the keys to the storeroom for nothing. In just under six years, Bush has gone from being the macho war president who said 'bring it on', to some kind of metrosexual new wave sock puppet who just needs to spread that warm, fuzzy feeling to all of God's children.
Impeach they say ? Yeah, I'm in, let's impeach this dimwit.

[Underzog]

This is crazy! Those arms may find their way to be used against our soldiers in Iraq, especially since most of the jihadists fighting our soldiers are from Saudi Arabia.

What are they smoking in the WhiteHouse?

"There's no need to fear; Underzog is here!"

[Gary]

One of the next few questions should be: will the next president, unfortunately likely to be a Democrat, have the GUTS to do what Bush should have been doing?

Or will they find reasons to avoid dealing with the Saudis, aside from saying 'Yes, your order has been shipped.'?

[wxjames]

Gary, reality check time.
I've been alive long enough to know that America will not elect a gay, a black, or a woman to the office of president. Those polls are always taken within the area and exchange codes of big cities. The real Americans do not find anything about the donkeys worth voting for. They stuck their finger into the republican's eye in 2006, but that doesn't mean that real Americans will vote to destroy their own country.
We won't. Rudy will win and his coattails will be enormous. Let's hope this time, we will reign in spending and pork projects and ear marks will become a thing of the past.
Gary, have faith in your fellow Americans.
Find one who is confused and assure him that donating to Rudy will help him see the light of a greater tomorrow.

[Orion'zZzRizing]

This is bullshit, utter crap, these weapons will fall into the wrong hands (as usual) and be used against Americans. This is historically proven. More arms will decrease stability and serve only to enrich those select few deathdealers. Arms proliferation is a loser all around. We know this.