Israel running low on bombs, U.S. to step up delivery

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=944d928abcae1a22

The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week, American officials said Friday.

The New York Times in a report Friday, quoting U.S. officials, said the decision to quickly ship the weapons to Israel was made with relatively little debate within the Bush administration.

Israel has been engaged in heavy bombardment of the Palestinian occupied territories since July, and began a saturation campaign against Lebanon on July 12, destroying bridges, roads, the Beirut International Airport, other airports, ports, and power stations. More than 350 Lebanese have been killed by the airstrikes, nearly all of them civilians. The Health Ministry said Sunday night the number of people displaced has grown to 750,000.

The Bush administration decision flies in the face of its own accusations that Iran is supplying weapons to Hezbollah, a charge Iran vehemently denies.

It also points to U.S. collaberation with Israel over its plans, its lack of urgency in dealing with the crisis, and its reluctance to consider a ceasefire.
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I know someone who works at Northrop and he told me its 1 million dollars per bomb

Our tax dollars at work...

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. Gotta keep that death toll up n/t

[undeterred]

2. When it comes to weapons of civilian destruction, you can count on US.

That should be printed on our money.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. You mean it isn't? nt

[Yupster]

3. Did the same thing in 1973

when the Israelis took an unexpected beating at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War, Nixon saved Golda Meir with a quick airlift.

[Solo_in_MD]

7. Those munitions alone were not the differenece in the 1973 wat

It also gave us leveerage to stop Israel from destroying an Egyptian army they had pinned against the Suez canal and from going into Damacus.

[Solo_in_MD]

5. So you don't see a difference between an agreement for

arms sales between two legitimate national governments and the supplying of arms to an illegal militia in defiance of a UN resolution>

[theHandpuppet]

6. Not when both result in the death of civilians

And thats what bombs do.

[Solo_in_MD]

8. Hezbollah lack of legitimacy does change things

That there are casualties on both sides does not make them equivalent.

[theHandpuppet]

10. Sorry, not for me

Only for the self-righteous. Who decides who is legitimate and who is not? The end result -- the death of civilians -- is the same. In this instance the "legitimate" traders in death have killed more civilians in this conflict than the "illegitimate" ones. The child torn to shreds doesn't give a rat's ass about whether the bomb was legitimate or not. She's still dead.

[ima_sinnic]

9. have no fear, world's #1 bomb maker always ready to rush death

and destruction to the far corners of the globe.

[Solo_in_MD]

11. Bombs don't cost $1M each

The most expensive cruise missile out there does not cost that much. Basic bombs (as in no fuses or tail kit) are under $5K. LGB kits and GPS kits are less than 10K a apiece. Your friend lied to you.