US plans $4.6 billion in arms sales to "moderate Arab states" - The Orange Mane

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 07-29-2006, 07:50 AM

The project's prime contractor would be General Dynamics Corp.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration spelled out plans on Friday to sell $4.6 billion of arms to moderate Arab states, including battle tanks worth as much as $2.9 billion to protect critical Saudi infrastructure.

The announcement came two weeks after the administration said it would sell Israel its latest supply of JP-8 aviation fuel valued at up to $210 million to help Israeli warplanes "keep peace and security in the region."

The United States also rushed a delivery of precision-guided bombs requested by Israel after launching its airstrikes against Hizbollah fighters in Lebanon 17 days ago, The New York Times reported last week.

In the newly proposed sales to Arab states, UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter gunships worth up to $808 million would go to the United Arab Emirates, while AH-64 Apache helicopters worth as much as $400 million would go to Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain would also get Black Hawk helicopters, valued at up to $252 million. Jordan would get a potential $156 million in upgrades to 1,000 of its M113A1 armored personnel carriers.

Javelin anti-tank missiles valued at up to $48 million would go to Oman under the deals put forward by theb Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which administers U.S. government-to-government arms sales.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060728/...s_saudi_usa_dc

Rohirrim · 07-29-2006, 08:16 AM

This is strictly a moral issue, but I would prefer that my country was not the number one arms seller on earth. To me, the idea that we prosper just so long as war continues to wrack the planet - that's sowing the seeds of our own doom.

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 07-30-2006, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Rohirrim

This is strictly a moral issue, but I would prefer that my country was not the number one arms seller on earth. To me, the idea that we prosper just so long as war continues to wrack the planet - that's sowing the seeds of our own doom.

Yep.

It's getting to the point where weapons are about the only thing America manufactures anymore.

07-29-2006, 07:50 AM	#1
L.A. BRONCOS FAN Mo' holla fo' yo' dolla! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In a bunker in an undisclosed location Posts: 52,694	US plans $4.6 billion in arms sales to "moderate Arab states" The project's prime contractor would be General Dynamics Corp. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration spelled out plans on Friday to sell $4.6 billion of arms to moderate Arab states, including battle tanks worth as much as $2.9 billion to protect critical Saudi infrastructure. The announcement came two weeks after the administration said it would sell Israel its latest supply of JP-8 aviation fuel valued at up to $210 million to help Israeli warplanes "keep peace and security in the region." The United States also rushed a delivery of precision-guided bombs requested by Israel after launching its airstrikes against Hizbollah fighters in Lebanon 17 days ago, The New York Times reported last week. In the newly proposed sales to Arab states, UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter gunships worth up to $808 million would go to the United Arab Emirates, while AH-64 Apache helicopters worth as much as $400 million would go to Saudi Arabia. Bahrain would also get Black Hawk helicopters, valued at up to $252 million. Jordan would get a potential $156 million in upgrades to 1,000 of its M113A1 armored personnel carriers. Javelin anti-tank missiles valued at up to $48 million would go to Oman under the deals put forward by theb Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which administers U.S. government-to-government arms sales. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060728/...s_saudi_usa_dc

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07-29-2006, 08:16 AM	#2
Rohirrim Partisan Human Cannonball Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater Posts: 48,849	This is strictly a moral issue, but I would prefer that my country was not the number one arms seller on earth. To me, the idea that we prosper just so long as war continues to wrack the planet - that's sowing the seeds of our own doom.