Biden Freezes Arms Sales To Saudis & UAE, Including Large F-35 Jet Transfer | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79884605 United States 01/28/2021 12:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Does this mean biden won't be stroking that satanic saudi orb like trump was? He may have one thing going for him at least. Just kidding, the USA depends on KSA to price their oil in dollars, if they didn't we'd go bankrupt overnight so the arms will be delivered after a brief ceremonial delay mark my words. politics is all show. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79884605 United States 01/28/2021 01:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Or another way to think about this is that the F-35 is a well-known piece of shit that the USA tries to make its allies buy with a gun to their heads to keep the lockheed martin boondoggle afloat. Many other allies have either completely backed out of these deals or have reduced their purchase order drastically after seeing what a turd it is. Saudi Arabia may have said they just don't want them and this is a manufactured pretext by both parties to get out of the deal. The USA saves face and the KSA doesn't have to buy a bunch of shit airplanes win-win. You have to think like a lying scumbag politician. |
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User ID: 79458430 United States 01/28/2021 01:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Does this mean biden won't be stroking that satanic saudi orb like trump was? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79884605 He may have one thing going for him at least. Just kidding, the USA depends on KSA to price their oil in dollars, if they didn't we'd go bankrupt overnight so the arms will be delivered after a brief ceremonial delay mark my words. politics is all show. It really depends in this case. I agree politics is mostly a show. But this one was pretty far down on the news indexes today. So, its real news that needs to be considered. With that being said, I'm no fan of any of these arms deals that we've had. But no one cares about my opinion. My analysis of this is, typically when a big deal like this gets drawn back. There's other factors at work. Cause bear in mind, sure the US is selling the jets. But its ultimately Lockheed who's getting the profits. And 50 5th generation brand new F35s is a pretty solid chunk of change for Lockheed to be giving up. But you dont hear of any Lockheed protests. Perhaps, someone at the DOD told the President that we would like to keep those jets for ourselves. Cause of, I dunno another emerging threat in the world? // My definition of insanity. bool try() { return false; } void insanity() { bool success = false; while(!success) { if(try()) { break; } } } |
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User ID: 79458430 United States 01/28/2021 01:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Or another way to think about this is that the F-35 is a well-known piece of shit that the USA tries to make its allies buy with a gun to their heads to keep the lockheed martin boondoggle afloat. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79884605 Many other allies have either completely backed out of these deals or have reduced their purchase order drastically after seeing what a turd it is. Saudi Arabia may have said they just don't want them and this is a manufactured pretext by both parties to get out of the deal. The USA saves face and the KSA doesn't have to buy a bunch of shit airplanes win-win. You have to think like a lying scumbag politician. Also very true, it is a chunk of shit. // My definition of insanity. bool try() { return false; } void insanity() { bool success = false; while(!success) { if(try()) { break; } } } |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 53392648 United States 01/28/2021 01:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They'll just spend that money somewhere else, russia or china. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77691926 Look, weapons sales is messy, but trump was right, it will mean a good chunk of money for US arms manufacturers. This is just the same short sighted nonsense like cutting off our energy production that will cause less money coming into this country and require more taxes to make up for. Biden is a dud. Biden Works for China and takes money from Russia so of course he wants that. He's shakings the bushes waiting for the bribes to fall out. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79162938 United States 01/28/2021 01:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They'll just spend that money somewhere else, russia or china. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77691926 Look, weapons sales is messy, but trump was right, it will mean a good chunk of money for US arms manufacturers. This is just the same short sighted nonsense like cutting off our energy production that will cause less money coming into this country and require more taxes to make up for. Biden is a dud. I never knew about this and do not agree with you at all. Letting something like the F-35 go to muslims anywhere is tantamount to treason. That is no different than Hillary brokering the uranium deal. I didn't think Biden could do anything I agree with, but I was wrong. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77691926 United States 01/28/2021 01:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They'll just spend that money somewhere else, russia or china. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77691926 Look, weapons sales is messy, but trump was right, it will mean a good chunk of money for US arms manufacturers. This is just the same short sighted nonsense like cutting off our energy production that will cause less money coming into this country and require more taxes to make up for. Biden is a dud. I never knew about this and do not agree with you at all. Letting something like the F-35 go to muslims anywhere is tantamount to treason. That is no different than Hillary brokering the uranium deal. I didn't think Biden could do anything I agree with, but I was wrong. From a comedy standpoint, How dangerous would giving a muslim an F-35 be, they'll just crash it into the first gay they see(likely another muslim). |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 50164236 United States 01/28/2021 01:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How does anyone, especially on this forum, want to see advanced military technology go to these Muslim nations who produce terrorists that have attacked North America and Europe constantly? Is it just because it was Trump who agreed to the sale? Some of you need to get it into your heads that Trump is not Jesus and thus infallible. Giving advanced weapons to these nations who don't even come close to sharing our ideals is just crazy. It always backfires eventually. Some tens of billions over a couple decades doesn't mean shit to the US economy either. Lockheed Martin could cease to exist tomorrow and it wouldn't even effect the overall economy, so please spare me the arguments about how its a good economic decision. I don't mind a strategic relationship with the Saudis and some arms sales but its crazy to act like they are a true ally. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79162938 United States 01/28/2021 02:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They'll just spend that money somewhere else, russia or china. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77691926 Look, weapons sales is messy, but trump was right, it will mean a good chunk of money for US arms manufacturers. This is just the same short sighted nonsense like cutting off our energy production that will cause less money coming into this country and require more taxes to make up for. Biden is a dud. I never knew about this and do not agree with you at all. Letting something like the F-35 go to muslims anywhere is tantamount to treason. That is no different than Hillary brokering the uranium deal. I didn't think Biden could do anything I agree with, but I was wrong. From a comedy standpoint, How dangerous would giving a muslim an F-35 be, they'll just crash it into the first gay they see(likely another muslim). Lol |
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User ID: 76946058 United States 01/28/2021 02:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.zerohedge.com (secure)] Quoting: Don Draper from Nantucket On Wednesday the Biden administration issued a freeze of all US arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates at a moment Congressional scrutiny of America's support to the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen grows. US involvement in the war goes all the way back to the Obama administration, with Trump also in the last months of his presidency approving billions in new arms sales to the kingdom. In particular Lockheed Martin produced F-35 stealth fighters that were set to be transferred to the UAE the have been "temporarily" blocked along with munitions to the Saudis, among other sales. Prior reports suggested the prior Trump deal was to send as many as 50 advanced F-35 fighters to the UAE. "That sale and several other massive purchases of U.S. weaponry by Gulf Arab countries had been harshly criticized by Democrats in Congress," the report added. The State Department said of the "temporary pause" that it is "temporarily pausing the implementation of some pending U.S. defense transfers and sales under Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales to allow incoming leadership an opportunity to review." And Axios further details that "The sales of F-35 jets and attack drones to the UAE and a large supply of munitions to Saudi Arabia will be paused pending a review." It added that it "signals a major policy shift from the Trump era, and may herald sharp tensions with both Gulf countries." This won't last and shows how clueless Biden really is. The US needs the support of the Saudis to prop up the dollar as the worlds reserve currency. I'm betting there will be a quiet reversal of this policy or he may fly out to the king and bend a knee like trump did, come home and announce our renewed committment... How he is able to get his supporters on board will be another story |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77201416 Italy 01/28/2021 03:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They'll just spend that money somewhere else, russia or china. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77691926 Look, weapons sales is messy, but trump was right, it will mean a good chunk of money for US arms manufacturers. This is just the same short sighted nonsense like cutting off our energy production that will cause less money coming into this country and require more taxes to make up for. Biden is a dud. Biden Works for China and takes money from Russia so of course he wants that. He's shakings the bushes waiting for the bribes to fall out. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77201416 Italy 01/28/2021 03:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They'll just spend that money somewhere else, russia or china. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77691926 Look, weapons sales is messy, but trump was right, it will mean a good chunk of money for US arms manufacturers. This is just the same short sighted nonsense like cutting off our energy production that will cause less money coming into this country and require more taxes to make up for. Biden is a dud. I never knew about this and do not agree with you at all. Letting something like the F-35 go to muslims anywhere is tantamount to treason. That is no different than Hillary brokering the uranium deal. I didn't think Biden could do anything I agree with, but I was wrong. Oh Karen are you concerned? Fuck you concern, you Stormf@g, David Duke larping nazi cocksucker. Fuck you, you fat, stupid ADL sponsored agi prop bitch. |
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