Israel and the U.S. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

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The Bush Administration is planning on a huge arms sale to Saudi Arabia and is hoping Congress will approve the transaction. The sale includes sophisticated satellite guided bombs, fighter jet upgrades and some navy boats. The administration is hoping the arms sale will deter any hostile action on part of the Iranians as well as letting our Arab allies know that we still stand with them. Much of the criticism in the U.S. is coming from the Pro-Israel Lobby saying this sale will result in Saudi Arabia taking a much bigger role amongst the insurgency in Iraq as well as putting Israels safety at risk. That's a bunch of bullshit, so the Saudis have some satellite guided missiles, Israel still is the big dog being it is the first to introduce and the only nation to possess a nuclear arsenal in the Middle East. Can anyone guess how might the US alleviate Israels concerns, how about giving them an extra 30+ billion in military aide. I would be surprised if the Israeli Lobby had a hand in arranging this deal for the Saudis in hope of using it to blackmail the US into giving it more aide. If a threat in the form of a pedophile were to move next door to a family of 3, including a 3 year old child, could you alleviate your concerns for your child's safety by allowing an even bigger threat to the pedophile to live in your house? No you wouldn't, you would do whatever it took to prevent this person from moving in next door, not add more potential violence but that is exactly what Israel is doing. Have we not learned anything from the cold war. Back then if we were able to destroy the U.S.S.R. three times over then the U.S.S.R. wouldn't feel safe until they could destroy the U.S. four times over. Israel already has a larger, better equipped military than all their neighbors combined what more could the possibly need military speaking.