President Trump has just given the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, a special prize for being a “a good friend” and a “great man,” according to Trump. And also for being willing to spend one trillion dollars to buy up large shares of American companies, and American farmland, and to deploy more […]
Trump Will Sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, the despot who runs, and whose Al-Saud family owns, “Saudi” Arabia, is being received with great fanfare by Donald Trump, another despot who is always impressed with people who have tens of billions of dollars to their name. The CIA is certain that Muhammad bin Salman ordered the murder, and […]
Will Saudi Arabia Be Allowed to Buy F-35s?
The F-35 is the most advanced plane in the world, and until now the American government has been careful not to sell it to enemies of its ally, Israel. That may be about to change, and the Israelis are alarmed. More on the potential sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia can be found here: “Danger […]
Israel is Establishing Air Superiority That Could Last for Years to Come
Israeli pilots are rated as among the best in the world. Some say they are the best in the world. Think of what they did in just three hours on June 5, 1967, the first day of the Six-Day War, when Israeli pilots destroyed 419 combat aircraft belonging to Egypt that were still on the […]
America Gives Israel Lots of Foreign Aid — And ‘Now For the Rest of the Story’
The army of Israel-haters like to remind us about all the aid the American government gives to Israel. And it’s true: Israel is now given $3.8 billion in annual aid, more than any other country, though less than what Washington has been giving to just two Arab states, Egypt and Jordan. And that $3.8 billion annual […]
Are Bunker Busters Ready For Their Close-Up?
As everyone now knows, on the “sideline” of the United Arab Emirates’ agreement to normalize relations with Israel was another, separate but linked understanding, that at long last the U.S. would be willing to sell an undisclosed number of its top-of-the-line Stealth fighter jets, the F-35, to the UAE. Israel was not happy with this; […]
How to Compensate Israel for the Sale of F-35s to the United Arab Emirates
It now seems certain that the United Arab Emirates will get its wish, and the American government will sell it the advanced F-35 Stealth fighter jet it has long craved, now that the Emirates has agreed to normalize relations with Israel. But what, in that case, can be done to preserve Israel’s “qualitative military edge” […]
One Israeli General Who is Unworried by the F-35 Sale to the UAE (Part 1)
Opposition by Israeli military men to the sale of the state-of-the-art F-35 Stealth fighter jet to the UAE has been nearly unanimous. However, one important retired general thinks that even with that sale, there are other ways to preserve Israel’s “qualitative military edge” (QME). That story is here. A historic normalization deal between Israel and […]
Israel, the UAE, and Those Worrisome F-35s
Israel objects – and has been firm in stating its objections – to an American sale of state-of-the-art F-35 Stealth fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates. And while the UAE has taken the Israeli objections with ill-grace, security cooperation between the two nations is in every other respect, going like gangbusters. Here’s the story […]
Another Reason to Curb Your Enthusiasm About the UAE Promise of ‘Normalization’
The United Arab Emirates, apparently “outraged” that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has voiced his opposition to the sale of the state-of-the-art F-35 Stealth fighter jets to the Emirates, cancelled a public meeting that was to be held jointly with American and Israeli representatives. The story is here. A planned public meeting between the UN ambassadors […]