"It would be part of the Gulf Security Dialogue started by the Bush administration"
Some change, huh?
"US plans $60b arms sale to Saudis" by Bloomberg News | August 14, 2010
WASHINGTON — A proposed US weapons sale to Saudi Arabia of F-15 fighter jets also includes as many as 132 Apache attack helicopters and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that bring the total value of the package to around $60 billion, according to a government official familiar with the plan.
Wait a couple of days for an even bigger package for Israel so they can maintain their "qualitative advantage."
The Pentagon and State Department about two weeks ago informally notified congressional committees that handle arms sales of the planned transaction, the official said.
“I think it would be the largest ever,’’ said William Hartung, director of the New York City-based New America Foundation’s Arms and Security Initiative....
The proposal fits the Obama administration’s strategy of buttressing the defense capabilities of Middle East allies to counter Iran’s growing offensive missile might and suspected nuclear weapons program.
Who spends around $9 billion a year on military and is not building a bomb.
It would be part of the Gulf Security Dialogue started by the Bush administration. The Longbow Apache has been sold to Egypt, Israel, Greece, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Singapore, and Taiwan....
Purchased with your foreign aid, American.
