Didn't we give them some 500 JDAMs as well.
Posted on 12/13/2006 9:42:36 AM PST by FLOutdoorsman
Emergency stockpiles in Israel meant for storing US army equipment in Middle East opened in Israel's favor during last Lebanon war
WASHINGTON - The American Congress gave Israel financial and security encouragement when the Senate and the House of Representatives gave their approval to double the emergency equipment the United States stores in Israeli stockpiles.
Within the next two years the Americans will fill the military emergency stockpiles in Israel with double the equipment they now hold.
In addition, the US will allow Israel to use the remainder of the US's monetary guarantees given to them that have not been used yet, and add up to USD 4.5 billion, by 2011.
The emergency stockpiles are meant to store American military equipment in the Middle East in case of an emergency. However, in case of an emergency, Israel is allowed to use the stockpiles.
The value of the equipment currently stored in Israel amounts to USD 100 million and the American government approved doubling its value to USD 200 million in the coming year.
In 2008 the military stock will be doubled and refilled once again in the value of USD 200 million.
Pro-Israel decisions
The Congress decided to give special aid to Israel in order to minimize war damages, without having to give Israel additional direct financial aid.
The bill was approved by the Senate and House and it renewed authority to transfer equipment to be stored in Israel.
A great portion of the American equipment stored in Israel last year was used for combat in the summer war in Lebanon.
The US approved guarantees in the sum of USD 9 billion to Israeli to be used over a period of three years, and this period was then prolonged an additional year.
Israel has only used half of this amount and has requested the United States again extend the time limit on using these guarantees. Following the second Lebanon war the US agreed to extend this period until the year 2011.
These pro-Israel decisions were made due to the lobbying efforts of Senate heads Democrat Harry Reid and Republican Bill Frist, and through Head of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations John Biden and Richard Lugar.
The bill was lead by the House of Representatives' heads of the Democratic Committee on Foreign Relations Tom Lantos and the Republican Committee on Foreign Relations Ileana Ross-Lehtinen and the House's republican head Jo Bonner.
Wouldn't it make more sense not to put additional equipment on ground zero?
If Israel can use this equipment to defend democracy and western values against Islamic fascism, I'd say that's a decent use of US taxpayer resources. It's a lot better than some of the other things our government spends money on.
Who knows how much support will be given to Israel in the next Congress...
Especially if it involves any $$$. Better get stuff over there while we can...
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I'm reminded of the decision a couple years ago to purchase ammunition from Israel, but ship it to the US for training, while shipping ammunition from the US to Iraq. For fear of offending the terrorists by killing them with Israeli ammunition.
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I'm reminded of the decision a couple years ago to purchase ammunition from Israel, but ship it to the US for training, while shipping ammunition from the US to Iraq. For fear of offending the terrorists by killing them with Israeli ammunition.
Presuming you're alluding to a nuclear exchange with Iran, US troops in Iraq are ground zero as well.
No doubt a lot of this is Class V.
Sounds like money well spent to me. They can make good use of it to kill those who would kill us.
Israel is small, but not so small that it does not have lots of space to spread out such weaponry.
Gen 37:5-8
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7 For, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
can't be much stuff......$100 million doesn't go far.....
I really doubt that the Israeli's will wait until it is turned into radioactive slag before they use it -- with or without US approval (probably with, but maybe unofficially). I also don't think it is being put there for US use so it doesn't matter if we ever decide to "insert" troops.
Remember when Nixon kept the Israeli's from going under. They had to ship everything from here to there before they could use it. It was the biggest airlift since the Berlin blockade. Think how much easier it would be for the US to just say, "OK, the keys are in the glove compartment. Have fun."
I like the sublimal message it sends to the Iranian crackpot, and Assad's Syria.
Think of Israel as a law-abiding citizen living in a neighborhood of complete thugs and goons.
Didn't we give them some 500 JDAMs as well.
>>No doubt a lot of this is Class V.<<
I'm sorry, not to sound too lame or anything but what is Class V?
It's not lame. Hint: boom.
Keyword cornucopia ping.
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