http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/12/30/US-to-sell-fighter-jets-to-Saudi-Arabia/UPI-44181325262204/?spt=hs&or=tn
If this story sounds familiar, it's because this isn't the first time the U.S. has done something like this. The sale of F-14 fighter jets (advanced weaponry at the time) to Shah-led Iran immediately comes to mind. Iran was led at the time by a West-friendly (and CIA-installed) monarch, whose regime wasn't exactly pro-freedom. Of course, the CIA's well laid plans went horribly awry when the Iranian Revolution toppled the Shah and installed a vehemently anti-West, anti-Israel totalitarian theocracy.
The Obama administration is of course assuring Israel that this deal will actually increase their security. It probably will, unless the Saudi regime were to be toppled and replaced by anti-Western leadership. of course this will never happen in the ultra-stable Middle East (and the birthplace of Osama bin Laden and 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers). In the words of former President George W. Bush (noted friend to and supporter of the Saudi regime), "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
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