Business is good. I still can't figure out why we're greasing the Saudis palms.......seeing as 16 of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudis.
I'd have to say that Bush is playing both sides against the middle and making damn good money at it.
However, I disagree and think the sale needs to be blocked. Would somebody PLEASE get a grip?

>A main aim of Bush's Mideast visit is to convince the Saudi leadership as well as those in Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates that he remains committed to preventing Iran from destabilizing the region (despite U.S. intelligence findings that Tehran halted its nuclear weapons development in 2003.) Although this administration has staunchly defended the sale as critical to U.S. interests, its desire to sell Saudi Arabia sophisticated weaponry has raised eyebrows from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who say the transfer of munitions technology would lend it highly accurate targeting abilities that could threaten Israel.

Those concerns have not been assuaged by the administration's plan to counterbalance the Saudi sale with $30 billion in military assistance to Israel. The official announcement will kick off a 30-day review period during which lawmakers could move to block the sale.

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