US about to sell a record arms shipment to the people responsible for 9-11

[pauldun170]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/13...l-ever/?hpt=T2

[Kaneman]

Its so funny to watch people protest, yell, scream, cry and do everything they can to prevent a Mosque from being built (not just at ground zero, all over the country), but I haven't heard nary a whine about this arms deal. We are so easily led you do have to laugh about it.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Its so funny to watch people protest, yell, scream, cry and do everything they can to prevent a Mosque from being built (not just at ground zero, all over the country), but I haven't heard nary a whine about this arms deal. We are so easily led you do have to laugh about it.

We don't want Mosques because Muslims are the devil. Not all Muslims are terrorists but, all terrorists are Muslim.

[goof2]

The article won't come up for me but unless it contains new information your title should really read "US about to sell a record arms shipment to place where some of the people responsible for 9-11 were from".

[smileyman]

Obama likes catering to Arabs. We need the money, wont suffer from the ancient tech on a battlefield.

Strange tho as the White House was instrumental in blocking South Korean sales of their Korean War era M1 rifle stock pile to private dealers in the US?!

Are our leaders more frightened of their own citizens than foreign powers?

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by smileyman

Obama likes catering to Arabs. We need the money, wont suffer from the ancient tech on a battlefield.

Strange tho as the White House was instrumental in blocking South Korean sales of their Korean War era M1 rifle stock pile to private dealers in the US?!

Are our leaders more frightened of their own citizens than foreign powers?

Yea, its all Obama's fault. No Christian God-fearing, white Republican president would ever do something like this.... DOWN WITH OBAMA! LONG LIVE THE TEA-PARTY..

Wait...WTF?!?!?


Bush Announces $20 Billion Arms Deal for Saudis
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January 14, 2008

President Bush, on his first visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday, delivered a major arms deal aimed at countering the perceived threat from Iran.

Bush also met with Saudi King Abdullah in talks expected to cover the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

The arms sale, which Congress has 30 days to review, would amount to $20 billion worth of weapons, including precision-guided bombs. It is "a pretty big package, lots of pieces," national security adviser Stephen Hadley told reporters on Air Force One.

The sale is an important part of the U.S. strategy to bolster the defenses of oil-producing Gulf nations, such as Saudi Arabia, against threats from Iran. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states with majority Sunni Muslim populations, harbor deep suspicions about Shiite Iran.

Earlier, in the United Arab Emirates, Bush told a gathering of entrepreneurs and others that he wanted them to understand that America respects their religion.

"We want to work together for the sake of freedom and peace," he said.

The session was held in a conference room high atop one of Dubai's signature buildings, a luxury hotel shaped like a tall ship sail. The Burj Al Arab occupies its own manmade island.

Dubai has installed one of the world's most comprehensive homeland security and antiterrorism systems. Many antiterror analysts believe the threat of attack by Islamic extremists in Dubai is growing — fueled by the city's image as a bastion of Western-style capitalism and nightlife, its new status as home to the world's tallest building and the frequent port calls by U.S. Navy ships.

Dubai also is caught in the middle of the West's efforts to crack down on business in and out of Iran to protest its nuclear ambitions. Dubai, with a powerful Iranian business community, is eager to maintain its lucrative financial ties with Tehran, but wary of angering the United States and the United Nations.

From NPR reports and The Associated Press

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by smileyman

Are our leaders more frightened of their own citizens than foreign powers?

Good question

[smileyman]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Yea, its all Obama's fault. No Christian God-fearing, white Republican president would ever do something like this.... DOWN WITH OBAMA! LONG LIVE THE TEA-PARTY..

Wait...WTF?!?!?


Bush Announces $20 Billion Arms Deal for Saudis
text size A A A
January 14, 2008

President Bush, on his first visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday, delivered a major arms deal aimed at countering the perceived threat from Iran.

Bush also met with Saudi King Abdullah in talks expected to cover the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

The arms sale, which Congress has 30 days to review, would amount to $20 billion worth of weapons, including precision-guided bombs. It is "a pretty big package, lots of pieces," national security adviser Stephen Hadley told reporters on Air Force One.

The sale is an important part of the U.S. strategy to bolster the defenses of oil-producing Gulf nations, such as Saudi Arabia, against threats from Iran. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states with majority Sunni Muslim populations, harbor deep suspicions about Shiite Iran.

Earlier, in the United Arab Emirates, Bush told a gathering of entrepreneurs and others that he wanted them to understand that America respects their religion.

"We want to work together for the sake of freedom and peace," he said.

The session was held in a conference room high atop one of Dubai's signature buildings, a luxury hotel shaped like a tall ship sail. The Burj Al Arab occupies its own manmade island.

Dubai has installed one of the world's most comprehensive homeland security and antiterrorism systems. Many antiterror analysts believe the threat of attack by Islamic extremists in Dubai is growing  fueled by the city's image as a bastion of Western-style capitalism and nightlife, its new status as home to the world's tallest building and the frequent port calls by U.S. Navy ships.

Dubai also is caught in the middle of the West's efforts to crack down on business in and out of Iran to protest its nuclear ambitions. Dubai, with a powerful Iranian business community, is eager to maintain its lucrative financial ties with Tehran, but wary of angering the United States and the United Nations.

From NPR reports and The Associated Press

That was a sarcastic aside. I think both Bush and Obama know from whence the oil floweth. If I was making a half assed redneck foxnews argument I would have said 'See, Obama is a muslim!'

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Yea, its all Obama's fault. No Christian God-fearing, white Republican president would ever do something like this.... DOWN WITH OBAMA! LONG LIVE THE TEA-PARTY..

Wait...WTF?!?!?


Bush Announces $20 Billion Arms Deal for Saudis
blah, blah, blah...

I was waiting for someone to come in and blame Bush.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by shmike

I was waiting for someone to come in and blame Bush.

I didn't mean to blame Bush specifically, more a commentary on the govt. in general.