Reports out of the Middle East say that President Trump has approved the idea of selling the F-22 Raptor stealth aircraft to Israel, as part of an effort to placate Israel over the sale of F-35s to the United Arab Emirates.
Details are still scant, but such a sale will require an act of Congress, as they have forbidden exports of the F-22 to prevent the stealth technology falling into foreign hands. Getting approval for sales to Israel usually isn’t that difficult, but this may be an exception.
The timing might also not be on the side of this sale. President Clinton approved the idea of such a sale in 2001, and by the time he left office it was ultimately forgotten. Israel has often sought to buy the F-22, but the US hasn’t even made them since 2011, so this seems a rare opportunity for them.
The idea came up again in recent months with talk of the F-35s and qualitative edge, with Israeli officials suggesting that could be the simplest way to relieve concerns over the F-35. Signing off may be an easier decision than actually making such sales happen.
We don’t”sell” anything to Israel .. the American taxpayer pays for it, and our treasonous govt. GIVES it to Israel.
Vic,,U can bet on that!!! Biden, “I am more of a zionist that a j#w”!
Trump is the same,,bet on it either way.
This is not enough; we should give our overlord nukes to defend them against powerful Palestinian rockets. And while we are at it, let’s increase aid to Israel to $10B a year. Congress would love that.
Although they already have nukes I’m surprised that the QME doesn’t provide that they at least keep up to China in the nuke count.
I believe the US already gave Israel nukes. The transfer took place during the attack on the USS Liberty. No witnesses.
my understanding that much of Israeli nuclear tech came from France, some from Us
My point isn’t assistance in developing weapons, but, out and out delivery of functioning nukes during the 6 day war.
The discovery that the US had delivered weapons could have led the USSR to furnish nukes to Egypt, or Syria.
The transfer was done in haste, the USS Liberty would have tracked the air delivery. This oversight led to the attack on the Liberty. I have never seen another plausible motive.
“Israel has often sought to buy the F-22, but the US hasn’t even made them since 2011”
So are we going to make some more or just give them what we have in stock?
China will have the F-22’s technology before a single transmogrified
F-35 is delivered to the UAE.
“”part of an effort to placate Israel””
what else is there to say
“President Clinton approved the idea of such a sale in 2001, and by the time he left office it was ultimately forgotten.”
I doubt that it was “forgotten.” Clinton came out in favor of selling Israel the F-22 on January 19, 2001. That was his last full day in office. It was probably remembered for a good week or two after he left office.
What does Hamas want to do after it defeats Israel?
When the rocket attacks first began against Israel, a senior Hamas leader, Dr. Yunis Al-Astal, published an article in the Hamas journal, Al-Risala, where he compared Hamas’ al-Qassam rockets to the Manjaniq catapult which the Prophet Muhammad used against the Jews of Khaybar. The fall of Khaybar, he explained, opened the gates of the Byzantine Empire to Muslim conquest and was the first step towards the fall of Constantinople. Now, the fall of Israel, he said, would open the gates of Europe to Islam and lead to the fall of Rome.
Hamas MP and cleric Al-Astal proclaimed in 2008, “We will conquer Rome, and from there continue to conquer the two Americas and even Eastern Europe” (Al-Aqsa TV, April 11, 2008)
It’s in our interest to give Israel weapons so that Israeli soldiers will fight
Hamas over there rather than needing to have American soldiers fight Hamas here.
satire? Pa/Hamas together couldn’t defeat the Guatemalan military…’The paranoid Style in amerikan Polics’ R Hofstadter 1965
Amerikans never change
Hamas MP and cleric Al-Astal proclaimed in 2008, “We will conquer Rome, and from there continue to conquer the two Americas and even Eastern Europe” (Al-Aqsa TV, April 11, 2008)
But first they have to get an army, navy and air force. Or are you worried they might steal some of Israel’s nukes and launch them with a sling shot or maybe balloon them over to Rome, the two Americas and “even” Eastern Europe?
The USAF does not have enough F-22 aircraft for itself. They have been out of production for years, and restarting production has been ruled impractical. This could only be delivery of used F-22 taken away from the USAF despite its shortage of the type.
the f35 is incompetent whereas the f22 compares the the sukoi35. this probably matters little for Israel; they have a well funded model military already
Israel will pay for them with US taxpayer dollars gifted to them by the US government?