The Saudi Arms Deal: The U.S. Stirs Persian Gulf Waters
Global Security / RANNIE AMIRI
16-Sep-2010 (5 comments)

It would be the single largest foreign arms deal in United States history.

Pending congressional approval, the Obama administration plans to sell $60 billion in advanced aircraft and sophisticated weaponry to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . Add $30 billion in proposed enhancements to the country’s navy and ballistic missile-defense systems, and the result is one huge jobs program, further deterioration in Saudi-Iranian relations and heightened tension in the Persian Gulf —all calculated endpoints.

That the colossal arms package was made public enough to be reported on in Monday’s Wall Street Journal indicates it comes without serious Israeli objection—giving credence to the longstanding notion that Saudi Arabia and Israel maintain increasingly close ties, joined by a mutual animus toward Iran.

The agreement would authorize Riyadh to buy 84 new F-15 fighter jets, upgrade another 70 and purchase three types of attack helicopters: 70 Apaches, 72 Black Hawks and 36 Little Birds. If Congress makes no significant modifications and Saudi Arabia opts for the entire package, a $90 billion deal to allegedly help the Kingdom counter Iranian influence is in the offing.

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Cyclebackward, fair enough

by IranMilitaryForum.net on Fri Sep 17, 2010 02:30 PM PDT

If by me being here you expose yourself as the greatest a#@hole on IC, then so be it.

I am here to enjoy Bozos like you, go ahead and steal the show!

 

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cyclicforward

Eat your heart out IMF

by cyclicforward on Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:32 AM PDT

So that is how life here is. if you don't like it, then go and put stuff up on your buddy news site like Raja news you scum.


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Roozbeh_Gilani

The key beneficiaries of the militarisation of persian golf

by Roozbeh_Gilani on Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:07 PM PDT

are the industrial military complexes in china, russia and the west. The islamist regime of Iran knowingly or not is playing right into the their hands.

The real losers in the mean time are the people who live around the persian golf who have nothing to do with the corrupt and repressive governments of this region. 


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Cyclebackward

by IranMilitaryForum.net on Thu Sep 16, 2010 08:22 PM PDT

The more you write the more you expose yourself as the "the clown" here on IC!

But you seem to have the full support of IC for your pornographic comments, otherwise you would have been banned a long time ago!

 

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cyclicforward

You know why IMF

by cyclicforward on Thu Sep 16, 2010 07:58 PM PDT

Because they want to stick it up the ass of stupid IRI and it's clowns such as yourself.


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