
The New York Times is reporting Saturday the delivery of U.S. high tech weapons to Israel, which they say may anger some Arab governments and others due to the appearance that the United States is aiding the Israeli military in their bombing campaign against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. To the NYT, it's no different than the support Iran is giving to Hezbollah by arming and resupplying the terrorist organization in it's war against Israel.
Well there is a big difference, but of course the NYT has a different agenda so it's blind to the truth.
U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the IsraelisWASHINGTON, July 21 — 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.
The decision to quickly ship the weapons to Israel was made with relatively little debate within the Bush administration, the officials said.
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.
The new American arms shipment to Israel has not been announced publicly, and the officials who described the administration’s decision to rush the munitions to Israel would discuss it only after being promised anonymity. The officials included employees of two government agencies, and one described the shipment as just one example of a broad array of armaments that the United States has long provided Israel.
One American official said the shipment should not be compared to the kind of an “emergency resupply” of dwindling Israeli stockpiles that was provided during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, when an American military airlift helped Israel recover from early Arab victories.
David Siegel, a spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, said: “We have been using precision-guided munitions in order to neutralize the military capabilities of Hezbollah and to minimize harm to civilians. As a rule, however, we do not comment on Israel’s defense acquisitions.”
Israel’s need for precision munitions is driven in part by its strategy in Lebanon, which includes destroying hardened underground bunkers where Hezbollah leaders are said to have taken refuge, as well as missile sites and other targets that would be hard to hit without laser and satellite-guided bombs.
Sources include "
anonymous employees of two government agencies".
Again I would like to thank the
Times and the "anonymous
losers assholes of two government agencies" for their unwavering support to the U.S. in this War on Terror.
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