Bush To Send Top Diplomat To Israel For Military Aid Talks

[Purveyor]

Source: AFP

US President George W. Bush said Tuesday he will send a top diplomat to Israel next month to continue negotiations on a new, 10-year military aid deal with the Jewish state.

"I am strongly committed to Israel's security and viability as a Jewish state, and to the maintenance of its qualitative military edge," Bush said in a statement after White House talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

"During our meeting today, I told prime minister Olmert that I am committed to reaching a new 10-year agreement that will give Israel the increased assistance it requires to meet the new threats and challenges it faces," he said.


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[babylonsister]

1. Take THAT, Condi! nt

[classysassy]

7. Oh my

why are the Arabs angry?not only is justice blind,she can't be found.

[maddezmom]

2. Tony Blair?

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3297917&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[thereismore]

3. Top diplomat? That would be Condi, right? Ooops, it isn't she! nt

[acmavm]

4. We got money for Isael, but we have no money for healthcare

for Americans?

This is bullshit.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. say, what ever happened to the investigation Bush promised

because Israel illegally used tens of thousands of cluster bombs resulting in the deaths and maiming of thousands of Lebanese children?

[MrPrax]

5. Do they need Military aid?

from: Laboratory for a Fortressed World

by Naomi Klein

"...Discussions of Israel's military trade usually focus on the flow of weapons into the country--US-made Caterpillar bulldozers used to destroy homes in the West Bank and British companies supplying parts for F-16s. Overlooked is Israel's huge and expanding export business. Israel now sends $1.2 billion in "defense" products to the United States--up dramatically from $270 million in 1999. In 2006 Israel exported $3.4 billion in defense products--well over a billion more than it received in US military aid. That makes Israel the fourth-largest arms dealer in the world, overtaking Britain.

Much of this growth has been in the so-called "homeland security" sector. Before 9/11 homeland security barely existed as an industry. By the end of this year, Israeli exports in the sector will reach $1.2 billion--an increase of 20 percent. The key products and services are high-tech fences, unmanned drones, biometric IDs, video and audio surveillance gear, air passenger profiling and prisoner interrogation systems--precisely the tools and technologies Israel has used to lock in the occupied territories.

The Nation

Something fishy about a country that gives military aid to a so-called military arms competitor...war has been profitable all around it would seem.

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[LeftishBrit]

8. Didn't know Bush had any top diplomats...

If he does, why not send one to Iraq?

[ShortnFiery]

10. Yes, Dear Leader's considering either Daniel Pipes or John Bolton. Perhaps both?

:wow: :crazy: