The info on Wikileaks that was released this week is bringing out all kinds of discussion about the contents. The Militarization of the Middleast is one big one on some sites.
President Obama is preparing his budget request for FY2012. It's expected to include a record-breaking $3.075 billion in military aid to Israel. And a 30 Billion in Military aid between 2009-2018.
"Israel understands U.S. policy intentions to arm moderate Arab states in the region to counter the Iranian threat, and prefers such sales originate from the United States instead of other countries like Russia or China
The Obama administration's record-breaking $60 billion sale of fighter planes and attack helicopters to Saudi Arabia, announced just last month. (link)
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
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