yes, that's right. the SAME country, saudi arabia we're selling BILLIONS of dollars of weapons to.
you 'splain it lucy, i sure can't
U.S. to sell advanced weapons to Saudi Arabia and others
By Warren P. Strobel McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — 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 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.
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..........
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Another mortifying day of ironic indignation for me. Another "I told you so" day.
And no one cares. This President could have Bin Laden over for beers and BBQ and explain it away as "we do whatever the fuck we want to do" and the media would say, "Sure. You're the boss."
Where's the accountability? Where's the outrage?
i saw no outrage over this. what a solution. give everyone (well sell them) MORE weapons
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