U.S. Set to Offer Huge Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia

[Mrs Behavin]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/28/washington/28weapons.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

WASHINGTON, July 27 — 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.
But administration officials remained concerned that the size of the package and the advanced weaponry it contains, as well as broader concerns about Saudi Arabia’s role in Iraq, could prompt Saudi critics in Congress to oppose the package when Congress is formally notified about the deal this fall.

 

[All Else Failed]

*sigh*

More money down the drain.

 

[dt3]

*sigh*

More money down the drain.

Like your new title?

 

[dt3]

I shoulda made it "The Boy Who Cried Zombie"...damn, I always think of these things after the fact...

 

[All Else Failed]

I would appreciate it if you took that down, I don't want it there.

 

[Charmer]

Can you get a refund, Donnie, from the OTz store?

 

[dt3]

I would appreciate it if you took that down, I don't want it there.

It'll be gone in a week or so. If the Admins remember that the time is up on it. And if I don't put it back.

So who knows? :dunno