With the US set to use the peace treaty as a chance to sell F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates, Israel has been pushing for a bunch of free US equipment based on pledges for a region-wide qualitative edge. On Wednesday, Israel offered its first list of demands.
The way Israel envisions this going down, they’ll get some $8 billion in equipment, mostly advanced US-made aircraft. This would include an entire squadron of F-35s, the very plane that was supposedly the cause of all this.
While Israel was previously objecting to the sales to the UAE as threatening their military edge, officials are now revising it, based on the reality that they’re not going to get their way on blocking sales.
Now, Israeli officials say that the F-35 sales are expected to start a new region-wide arms race, and it is the arms race for while they need all these new arms. They did not elaborate on this, but also said that they expect leadership changes in some Gulf countries.
Israel offered nothing publicly on why they would expect an arms race, or who would be involved. The reality is that the UAE doesn’t have a lot of military rivals, especially not the sort that would be able to afford an arms race. Though Iran is the catch-all excuse, Iran would never be able to afford a slew of advanced warplanes to counter the F-35s, nor would they be likely to try, given their military doctrine is based on deterrence and retaliatory capabilities.
I thought peace was breaking out in the Middle East due to Trump’s brilliant diplomacy. Why does Israel need more US dollars for arms when, presumably, the threat is diminishing? Or is it a Potemkin Peace?
Israel demands 8 billion worth of arms FREE. Israel’s enforcer Trump will enthusiastically agree to it. The other lackey Biden will demand why the delay in complying with the demands. Pomeranians like Mark Rubio Ted Cruse Tom Cotton will start barking. Economic Crisis, Covid, Wild Fire in the West,and Flood in the East will not deter these pimps of Israel from letting their master from looting raping their nation
Doing some quick math that will bring the 3.8 billion per year to 4.6 billion. Again, hoping the Don remembers this:
Trump said leaders at the Pentagon “want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy.”
“No.”
How about that? Simple and less expensive. It also has a tiny bit of justice for a region totally devoid of it.
Remember when Obama abstained from a UN resolution that was critical of Israel instead of vetoing it? I think that’s as close as we come to saying no. Bush the first lost an election because he was critical of Israel and everyone remembers.
He lost that election because of H. Ross Perot.
+ this.
https://israelpalestinenews.org/when-george-bush-sr-took-on-the-israel-lobby-and-paid-for-it/
According to exit polling, if Perot hadn’t been in the race Clinton would have won with a majority instead of just a plurality.
We don’t have the cojones to say “No” to Israel.
Give them $8 worth…!
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/reckoning-the-full-costs-of-endless-war/
The Full Costs of Endless Wars.
Heck, let’s just give them what they want. Gotta obey the boss.
Israel demands 8 billion worth of arms from the US….and who will have to pay again – the US taxpayers.
Who will get the money – the war corporations.
What will have to suffer again – US social programs and the crumbling US infrastructure.