Yet, not a peep about the missiles that iran sends around the world. Why are these pathetic organizations in such support of the greatest supporter of islamic terrorism around the world?

UAE is not a country under the thumb of that vile political ideology of islam and are threatened by iran. saudi arabia is making a serious attempt to decrease the political power of that vile political ideology of islam and is also threatened by iran. iran has proven to be a threat to virtually everyone in the world. Why do so many people fawn over iran and criticize her enemies?

Such contracts take 3 to 5 years to execute by which time it is highly likely the current Iranian standoff will have been more than likely been bought to an head

If you threw $100 Billion at the UAE it could never withstand any conflict with Iran unless it was part of a unified alliance , for the US this is Christmas come early for the UAE this is window dressing 

BM

This is Christmas come early for the US a multi billion arms deal with a country that has absolutely no chance of defending itself against any of its regional opponents especially and including Iran 

There is a story about the Egyptians who took delivery of several hundred ABRAM's MBT's and they laid on the dock for months because they did not know how to assemble them even though they had received training .

BM

Thanks for this! A wonderful example of "win/win/win" decisions by President Trump and the Republicans in the Senate. Makes our weapons cheaper, keeps our workers in jobs, and serves as a check to the greatest sponsor of terrorism and civil war in the world!

You do heartily approve of this sale, right?

ElDotardo said...

Here in America, artists used to eat alligators for lunch, but that was 12,000 years ago.

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The archaeologists’ work includes investigations into ancient agriculture and the ways in which humans transformed the Amazonian landscape. In rock shelters located near the art, researchers discovered the remains of food eaten by the artists, including fruits, alligators, capybara and armadillos.

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Smithsonian Magazine

Tens of Thousands of 12,000-Year-Old Rock Paintings Found in Colombia

The images-heralded by researchers as "the Sistine Chapel of the ancients"-depict animals, humans and geometric patterns

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bml00 said...

Most arms sales are done via either direct Government to Government or licensed and approved dealers (usually for small arms) , of course it is possible that the lower down the chain you go the filthier the business gets .

There are HUGE arms caches in Romania and Bulgaria both of which are noted countries selling their small arms and it is not difficult if you can show the ability to pay to get these dealers to sell you larger weapons .

Albania is awash with Eastern Bloc weapons , Israel has amassed a million or more AK47's over the years etc , this is the favourite weapon of choice as it is fool proof and almost indestructible

BM

You cannot buy a functioning AK47 @ $8 ANYWHERE in the World 

BM

bml00 said...

This is Christmas come early for the US

Christmas can get pretty wild here in the USA, since they sell guns to pretty much anybody here.

Remember Christmas, 2012?

Here's an interview with Santa Clause.