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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - President Bush, on his first visit to this oil-rich kingdom, delivered a major arms sale Monday to a key ally in a region where the U.S. casts neighboring Iran as a menace to stability.

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  tanglang7 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Because you are a bigot who hates all arabs! And apparently so am I. >:(
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  Beau78907 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  For once I agree with all of you, ranchhand, tanglang, and even aniokly.
  I'm not sure I agree that this is a bad idea for the same reasons, but still...
  It seems like a pretty bad idea to introduce more and better weapons technology to a region where we can't be sure where that technology will be used. Didn't we learn a lesson arming Afghanistan and Iraq in the '80s?
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  Klarissa7 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Please see this:
  http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bush-admin-notifie...
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    Beau78907 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    From your link:
    "Israel security sources said on Sunday the United States would provide the Jewish state better 'smart bombs' than those it plans to sell Saudi Arabia under the regional defense plan. But McCormack declined to comment on this, and said any further arms sales would go through the "regular processes.' "
    Does this make any sense to anyone other than those who profit from the sale? Why would the Saudis agree to it?
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aniokly7 months, 3 weeks ago

I am with you. I don't trust any of thos people. I don't know why we need to sell them arms they will likely sell to our enemies.
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Klarissa7 months, 3 weeks ago

I thought that this had to be approved by Congress. They have 30 days to reject it.
Bush can't do this by himself, Congress has to agree - and this must have been discussed over the last few weeks???
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  Beau78907 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Sounds like he's changed the rules. This story, posted out here almost six months ago, says he was going to *ask* Congress to approve the sale:
  http://news.propeller.com/story/2007/07/28/bush...
  So I ask you--many of whom have argued in the past that Bush has not committed any impeachable acts--if the legal way to sell arms is to have Congress approve a deal, is this act an impeachable offense?
  And how does this promote peace and prevent terror?
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    Klarissa7 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    Congress can reject it. It is not a done deal.
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      Beau78907 months, 3 weeks ago
      
      Right. But isn't the "regular process," as you (and the article you linked to) said, that if Congress does nothing, the deal doesn't go through? Why can Bush suddenly declare that if they don't specifically disapprove it, then it is a done deal?
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    wtagg7 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    Though I am hardly a fan of the current administration, they have been very careful in how they approach things. I see no real impeachable offence regarding this action.
    That certainly doesn't make it acceptable to me. We apparently have not learned from our mistakes in the past and are destined to repeat them. That is a sad testament to our lack of common sense in this country.
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Wolfie20077 months, 3 weeks ago

The problem is that we need to trust some of those "Arabs".
Whether you like them or not they are the people in the middle east that the world and us have to deal with. The Saudis have been our allies for more than 50 years and during that time I don't remember any overt treachery for them. We need to have allies in the Arab countries and Saudi Arabia seems to be stepping up to the plate. I guess we'll have to try to trust them.
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  wtagg7 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Let's see, using your rational:
  We trusted Castro
  We trusted the Shah/Iran (granted that the Shah did not directly go against us, but the weapons still fell into the hands of those that oppose us)
  We trusted Saddam/Iraq
  We trusted Afghan Rebels/OBL/Al Qaeda
  Does it really makes sense to continue the same type of foreign policy? How does this increase our security in this country for the future?
  Are we making deals now with countries that we are beholden to because of our need for their resources and because they have large amounts of our currency?
  We need to break free from these chains. We can't lead from this position.
  
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