Speaking to reporters on Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised that the US will ensure Israel has a “qualitative military edge” in the region in all US arms sales across the Middle East. Pompeo says the US has a legal requirement to do so.
The NDAA of 2016 is the latest of several US commitments, both in law and treaty, to ensure Israel retains an edge over any hypothetical enemy in the region. This tends to be used both to get Israel more military aid and to withhold sales to certain regional powers in case it angers Israel.
This has become an issue this month with a peace deal between Israel and the UAE. The UAE was meant to understand this would allow them to buy F-35 jets, but Israeli officials have since told the US they object to such sales on qualitative advantage grounds. The US is still “considering” the sales.
At issue here is Israel reached a peace deal with the UAE and on top of that a “normalization” of relationship, which hardly makes them a likely antagonist in a future war that they need military superiority over.
In the past, such a deal over objections of Israel has sometimes been resolved by the US giving Israel some extra arms or money to argue that there is no extra advantage given to the customer with respect to Israel.
irritating the danish US colony, the US has opened a consulate in Greenland—another imperialist effort
When do we get to cut the apronstrings on this 72 year old baby ? When will Gods Chosen People be able to support themselves ?
Sorry, but Israel has no business being on Palestinian land.
So the Jews who lived there since biblical times are on Palestinian land, as are those who purchased lands from Arab landlords before 1947 are on Palestinian land, and the Jews evicted from homes they lived in the Arab world since Babylonian times, are all on Arab land. “Nice try”
The Jews who lived there since biblical times are Palestinians. As are 70% of Jewish Israelis.
True Zionist
India and Pakistan still have not attained peace
Digression. Seems you have done little reserch
Clean up your own house first! India and Pakistan are huge countries-they still hate and kill each other.Israel is a tiny country, the product of Christian and Islamic Judaophobia.Pakistan does not even allow Jews to live there-they were evicted!
Clean up your own house first.Pakistan drove out heir own Jews, and destroyed every synagogue. Oh, and what about the unprovoked and murderous attack in Bombay on a Chabad house and Hindus in general? Seems YOU have done little research.
Research, huh? Physician, heal thyself.
At the turn of the 19th-20th century, there seem to have been about somewhere between 1,000 and 2,500 Jews in Pakistan (per the Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora).
As of 2017, there were 745 families of publicly self-identified Jews on government documents in Pakistan (per the Express Tribune). Presumably there remain some who don’t publicly so self-identify, but even taking the 745-family figure as the true maximum, the average Pakistani household is 6.45 persons (per the 2017 census), so we’re talking about a Jewish population of nearly 5,000, at least double that of 120 years ago.
Agreed, but people still can self define themselves as Israelis,or Palestinians. Then we can nit pick- does someone born in Israel of emigre parents have a right to be there? My point was is not to deny anyone’s humanity.
What you will do with the Palestinians who have been living there for millennia?What is the solution?
Israel is every where either directly or through its surrogate, the lone super power, the most powerful nation in history the U S of A.You can also call it a colony of Israel, Be it in Uganda or Argentina Israel wil run the show.
To push out the old man from Sinbad’s shoulder is not possible.
Pom Pom is such an A-Hole, a puppet for Israel first.
Oh, Pompeo is concerned about “legal requirements” now? Under the Symington Amendment, there’s a “legal requirement” for the US to not aid Israel at all.
Thanks for this too-rare mention.
It is odd that a statutory requirement is resolutely ignored by both parties, by all Administrations, and by almost all media coverage too.
Mr. Knapp is assuming the US is a nation of laws.
Not even a little.
Are you implying Trump doesn’t have reliable information that Israel isn’t pursuing nuclear weapons?
Close Your Eyes.Plug Your Ears.Shut Your Mouth. That is the dictum
“pursuing” is meaningless. They have nuclear weapons, as they should.
Surprising observation coming from “The Moderator”
Only surprising to people who haven’t paid attention in the past.
Paid too much attention and therefore the observation.
Also was, no still is, target of “moderator” and his intolerance and exceptionalism
I’m not the “moderator.” I’m the moderator.
If I’m so “intolerant,” how come you’re still here?
On the evidence, you’ve paid no attention at all.
I am still here? Why only here? What about other sections? Are you embarrassed or scared?
Spin, deception, nit picking digression and evasion you just excel.That is what you do here as the” moderator” or the moderator.
To sum up “Antiwar.com”. War for Israel. For Israel only.. And “By way of deception”. Not for any one else
Antiwar.com is antiwar. That includes antiwar for, or against, Israel. It’s antiwar, period.
I don’t ban people from parts of the site because I’m “embarrassed” or “scared,” any more than I mop a floor or clean a toilet for those reasons. I do the job I’m paid to do, which is to enforce guidelines that I’ve posted on request numerous times.
To the best of my recollection, you’re not banned from any part of Antiwar.com, but I’ll go have a look. If you are, I’ll un-ban you until and unless you violate the guidelines again. For your edification, here they are:
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Policies adopted and declared will remain there in paper. Before the eyes of the world the USA is the most powerful nation in the world. But what is the reality.It is just a lap dog of Israel. You can not deny it. I read Israeli and Jewish papers to know about America. At least they are open and honest about how America is owned by Israel and the lobby. Reason why I say? Obvious. American MSMs I just shun.Although they are extensions of the lobby not open or honest about the reality.May be they do not want the American public to be exposed to the reality while their counterparts in Israel boast about it.
I know my comments will make no difference and therefore I don’t care if you” ban” or “unbann” me.Your re collection is nor right My comments are not accepted in any other section. If you “unban” I will continue express myself only as usual. One thing I am sure whatever I write is nonpunishable only for certain group, may be out intolerance.
As usual, you’re very sure of at least one thing that’s simply false. Which is fine. Being ignorant doesn’t violate Antiwar.com’s guidelines, even if the ignorance is self-imposed and held on to tightly at all costs. You’re free to wallow in it all you like.
No thanks for the magnanimity to let me free to “wallow”. You know for sure it is not ignorance but proper understanding on my part
I know what I believe, and what I do, better than you know either of those things.
You’re right that I shouldn’t claim to know whether you’re truly an idiot or just enjoy acting like one. While it being one or the other are the only rational explanations for your statements, I shouldn’t have presumed to opine on which is the case.
You may call me idiot or any thing else.May be that is the prerogative of the “moderator” in antiwar.com I don’t care. I know for sure what I am. I do have confidence.But you are running away from responding from certain specifics I raised. You can decide if it is caprice or cowardice. And incidentally waht happened to your “unbaning me ” in your comment sections/ As usual…..
I’m unaware of any “specifics you’ve raised” that need addressing by me.
I found a ban name/address on another part of the site that seemed to be you, and unbanned it. Perhaps you tried to be sneaky and managed to get yourself banned under another name/address? If so, I’m not going to try to guess what that ID might have been.
Specifics? I mentioned the American “Presidential Elections” being a sham, farce. Both candidates sponsored by Zionist lobby, financed by the same lobby. Just like a gladiator fight. then Zionist imprint in Kamal Haris nomination to name a few although there are countless others you want o avoid.
Me sneaky? It is only your imagination.I have no reason, absolutely so, to be sneaky. I have an ID Joji Cherian I am doctor (retired) so some times I prefix Dr. to my name I don’t care which is when.Any way in this ID I am banished. I am not a computer wizard, I agree.And i never cared.These IDs are created by my children. May be the confusion is when i post from google chrome or firefox
And I agreed that the US presidential elections are a sham, and overly influenced by the Zionist lobby. Not that any of that was news, since I’ve been writing columns to those effects for years (like this one and this one).
Poor darling defenseless Israel, full of peace and goodwill. Luckily, “Christian” Pompass will help ensure more destruction of “Israel’s enemies”-nothing else matters.