Well, this should endear us to the non-Israeli part of the Middle East.
The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday.
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The munitions that the United States is sending to Israel are part of a multimillion-dollar arms sale package approved last year that Israel is able to draw on as needed, the officials said. But Israel?s request for expedited delivery of the satellite and laser-guided bombs was described as unusual by some military officers, and as an indication that Israel still had a long list of targets in Lebanon to strike.
I swear, our side is going out of its way to inflame the people we need help from to get this stopped.
It makes our complaints against Syria and Iran’s shipment of arms to Hezbollah ring a little hollow, too.
Dear gods can we make this situation any worse? I mean seriously, this is just insane.
“It makes our complaints against Syria and Iran’s shipment of arms to Hezbollah ring a little hollow, too.”
It’s always been so. Unfortunately, the $1.8 billion in military aid that the U.S. extends to Israel annually is frequently used for offensive measures.
Juan Cole points out this morning, this is a Three Week War of Choice, planned in detail over a year ago with powerpoint presentations to US officials and think tanks and journalists (but evidently not Bush). That should boost our image (and the President’s) in the world by magnitudes, wouldn’tcha say? There was/is no intention of stopping it until it’s finished.
I’m scared of Bush. Ya never know what secrets he has in store for those of us who don’t know…..