Trump to allow US Smart Bombs to be built in Saudi Arabia (Iraq, Israel)

[TreeBeard]

Originally Posted by LS Jaun

Yep, Borak Farrakhan, gets us involved in Yemen in the first place, destroys Libya, tries to do the same in Syria, and Lefist Democrats cry "Trump"

All which has nothing to with selling this Technology to the Saudis.

[kdog]

Originally Posted by snebarekim

If the technology is sensitive, I would agree.

Unfortunately, many of the congressional commitees that regulate things like this are filled with idiots.

As opposed to a self-proclaimed Stable Genius?

If they didnt buy the stuff from the U.S., they would from Russia though.

Then the blood of the Yemen genocide would be on their hands, not the US.

Make no mistake, Trump is fueling a genocide for his family's personal profit, while world is watching.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ust-be-stopped

[trobesmom]

Originally Posted by T-310

Pppffftt. Who cares? You take a dumb bomb, stick a laser seeker on the tip or a gps unit, some steerable fins and you have a smart bomb. Ridiculously easy to build.

Me thinks you are missing the underlying relationship here.

[rstevens62]

Who is Saudi Arabia planning on going to war with in the near future? Just wondering.

[ambient]

Originally Posted by T-310

Pppffftt. Who cares? You take a dumb bomb, stick a laser seeker on the tip or a gps unit, some steerable fins and you have a smart bomb. Ridiculously easy to build.

Dumb observations about smart bombs.

[cttransplant85]

Saudi Arabia is interesting half the royal family wants to become a US friendly first world more liberal western type country the other(older) half wants to remain an Islamic fundamentalist country. They have good oil and spend a lot of money so we need to kind of keep it cordial with them. I’m still up in the air about them they’re like your sketchy cousin who you need to remain cool with but you keep your distance. Our common enemy in Iran also helps the relationship.

[kdog]

Originally Posted by cttransplant85

Saudi Arabia is interesting half the royal family wants to become a US friendly first world more liberal western type country the other(older) half wants to remain an Islamic fundamentalist country.

Bingo. So let's send them arms and smart bomb technology. What could possible go wrong?

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

This is not something congress can ignore.

Damn right.

Originally Posted by T-310

Pppffftt. Who cares? You take a dumb bomb, stick a laser seeker on the tip or a gps unit, some steerable fins and you have a smart bomb. Ridiculously easy to build.

So the United States should only build complex widgets? SMH

[TristramShandy]

Dumb president, dumb bombs.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd

There are many countries in the ME that hate America and as far as Saudi Arabia goes at least they tolerate us.

I'd rather give Saudi the capacity to build smart bombs than give Iran the money and the means to build a nuclear bomb.

Which is more likely to use their bomb against us or an ally?

Selling to Saudi keeps them in the friend zone. Denying them would send them to other sources like Russia or China.

Is this even a serious opinion?

Originally Posted by kdog

The fact that they need US tech to do it is empirical evidence that you are wrong.

That poster doesn’t care because it’s Trump approving it.

Originally Posted by LS Jaun

Yep, Borak Farrakhan, gets us involved in Yemen in the first place, destroys Libya, tries to do the same in Syria, and Lefist Democrats cry "Trump"

So why doesn’t Trump just end our involvement in both?