Replies to post #316314 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

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BO and Trump can both claim credit.
BO brokered a deal that was coming with either of the incoming admins.

Let's call it circular pallets of cash.

At least some of the technology transfer agreements by BO were stripped out of the deal.

Although the bill was hailed by Israel and its supporters, key provisions were removed before it was approved. The House of Representatives deleted a section that would have allowed Israel to acquire American precision-guided weapons such as missiles, bombs and artillery shells, which hit targets with exceptional accuracy and lethality and are intended to minimise civilian casualties.

The weapons could enable Israel to strike more aggressively against Iranian positions in Syria or against Hezbollah in Lebanon, just across Israel’s northern border. House members removed the provision over a technicality concerning which Senate committee would have to provide approval.

Another deleted section of the original measure would have created a joint Israeli-American research and development programme on cybersecurity. However, the bill would expand US-Israeli cooperation in developing military drones and space exploration.

The measure was approved just days after the Trump administration closed the offices of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Washington and announced it was cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Palestinians and to the UN organisation that aids millions of Palestinian refugees.
https://thearabweekly.com/us-congress-approves-38-billion-pledge-military-aid-israel

You mean the cash that belonged to them? Which was frozen after the Iranian revolution in 1979?


I was not aware that Iran paid cash for military equipment. At least not back in 79. Maybe now they do?

The funds were frozen, not cash. It did not make much sense to provide weapons or return funds to a regime that was hostile towards the US in the 80's. Apparently in 2014 it did!