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U.S. Set to Offer Huge Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia
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The Bush administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia and its neighbors that is expected to eventually total $20 billion at a time when some United States officials contend that the Saudis are playing a counterproductive role in Iraq.
The proposed package of advanced weaponry for Saudi Arabia, which includes advanced satellite-guided bombs, upgrades to its fighters and new naval vessels, has made Israel and some of its supporters in Congress nervous. Senior officials who described the package on Friday said they believed that the administration had resolved those concerns, in part by promising Israel $30.4 billion in military aid over the next decade, a significant increase over what Israel has received in the past 10 years.
I’m surprised that nobody asks what companies are going to score orders worth 50 billion. And how is dumping 50 billion worth of weapons into the middle east going to make that region safer?
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The corporatocracy is alive and well defended by the full might of the U.S. Gov.