[SJackson]

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[WhiteGuy]

Bush Administration Is Wrong To Seek $20 Billion Arms Sale To Jihad-Supporting Saudis.

This is self evident.

But exactly how does an “arms deal” actually work?

Who is selling the weapons?
Who is paying for the weapons?
Are the weapons paid for with US tax dollars?

[mnehring]

One thing I was told by someone in the know shed a new light on this.. with the exception of small arms, everything we have now is computer controlled and networked.. a tank can communicate with a fighter which can communicate with an APC.. and best of all, if fallen into the wrong hands, can be switched off with the flip of a switch at a command and control station.

This could be looked at as putting the Saudi’s on a very short leash.. basically, it gives us control to turn off or on their military equipment at will.

[Logical me]

Why in the he!! are we giving aid to these turban headed nut cases. They just throw sh@@ back in our faces. Currently they are holding up the world with oil. All aid or arms agreements should be immediately canceled and warn tired of your stupidity, except for Israel. It’s about time we told the world to dig their own butts out of the dark ages. And incidentally damn the RATS and the environmentalist for stopping our own oil production.

Damn, I'm mad!!!!!!!

[11th Commandment]

I think the analogy is this:

Nazi Germany= Iran
Fascist Italy= Syria
Eastern Europe= Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait
Russia= Saudi Arabia
England= Israel
France= Iraq

We need to support Saudi Arabia enough to counter the Nazis in Iran, but not too much, because long-term, they are an enemy too.

[onedoug]

The wahaabist saudis should have been the first enemy we took down.

And they should still go.

[rjp2005]

I agree. It will eventually be used against us, just like Iran. If this is the solution to stopping Iran, it’s a bad one, because Iran will just assimilate those arms eventually. They’re like the junk Borg or something.

[ZULU]

These fantic killers have enough weapons. When and if the Wahhabists eject the Saud family - as they probably will -any weapons there will fall into their hands, just like the nuclear weapons in Pakistan will ultimately fall into the hands of Talibanistas when they kill Mushareff.

[null and void]

ya THINK?!?!??!?

[Psycho_Bunny]

The Bush administration is just basically wrong, period.

I think they might be up to a 10/90, right to wrong ratio.

[kronos77]

I agree.