PDA

View Full Version : Cheney: Iraq pullout would hurt Israel


jetdawgg
04-23-07, 10:04 AM
A U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq would be damaging to Israel, Dick Cheney said.

"We must consider, as well, just what a precipitous withdrawal would mean to our other efforts in the war on terror, to our interests in the broader Middle East, and to Israel," the U.S. vice president said over the weekend to a Republican Jewish Coalition leadership gathering in Latana, Fla.

"Commentators enjoy pointing out mistakes through 20/20 hindsight. But the biggest mistake of all can be seen in advance: A sudden withdrawal of our coalition would dissipate much of the effort that has gone into fighting the global war on terror, and result in chaos and mounting danger. And for the sake of our own security, we will not stand by and let it happen," Cheney said. He has a similar message earlier this month to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy forum.

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/100844.html
10thzodiac
04-23-07, 10:24 AM
Beirut

http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0395/9503079.htm

The USS Liberty

http://www.rense.com/general47/betey.htm (http://www.rense.com/general47/betey.htm)
killerinstinct
04-23-07, 10:46 AM
wtf **** israel... I remember reading somewhere that most of the technology stolen from the United States is from our wonderful ****ing allies the great state of Israel...

Besides seems like theey are doing a better job then we are.. They arent afraid to bomb people.. Hell least its a militaristic state and all are required to serve, but i don't think we should worry bout the jews they been around since god knows when im sure they will keep their identity for a few more thousand years
10thzodiac
04-23-07, 05:08 PM
United States military aid to Israel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Jump to: navigation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#column-one), search (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#searchInput)


<!-- start content -->
This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Afd)
You may share your thoughts on the matter at this article's entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel) on the Articles for deletion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion) page.
Please improve the article if possible, but the article must not be blanked, and this notice must not be removed, until the discussion is closed. For more information, particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion, read the guide to deletion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion).



<HR><SMALL>Steps to list an article for deletion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:AfD_footer): {{subst:afd}} • Preloaded debate (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel&action=edit&preload=Template:Afd2+starter&editintro=Template:Afd3+starter) or {{subst:afd2|pg=United States military aid to Israel|cat=|text=}} ~~~~ (categories (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:AfD_debates)) • {{subst:afd3|pg=United States military aid to Israel}} log (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2007_April_21&action=edit)</SMALL>





The majority of Israel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel)'s military arsenal is composed of equipment supplied via United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) military aid programs. The United States have supplied Israel with a variety of weapon systems. Israel has been the largest annual recipient of direct U.S. economic and military assistance since 1976 and the largest total recipient since World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II).
<TABLE class=toc id=toc summary=Contents><TBODY><TR><TD>Contents

[hide (http://javascript<b></b>:toggleToc())]

<LI class=toclevel-1>1 Weapon systems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#Weapon_system s)
<LI class=toclevel-2>1.1 Military aircraft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#Military_airc raft)
1.2 Land warfare systems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#Land_warfare_ systems)
<LI class=toclevel-1>2 Foreign Military Sales (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#Foreign_Milit ary_Sales) <LI class=toclevel-1>3 Foreign Military Financing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#Foreign_Milit ary_Financing)
4 References (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#References)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SCRIPT type=text/javascript>//<![CDATA[ if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } //]]></SCRIPT>
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_aid_to_Isra el&action=edit&section=1)] Weapon systems

(this is not a comprehensive listing)

[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_aid_to_Isra el&action=edit&section=2)] Military aircraft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_aircraft)

Fighter aircraft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft)

A-4 Skyhawk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-4_Skyhawk)
F-15 Eagle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15_Eagle)
F-15I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15K#F-15I)
F-16 Fighting Falcon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-16_Fighting_Falcon)
F-16I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-16#F-16_C.2FD)Israel has the world's largest F-16 fleet outside the United States Air Force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force). With the delivery of 102 F-16Is, scheduled through 2008, the Israeli Air Force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAF) will have a total F-16 inventory of 362, in addition to 89 F-15s. <SUP class=reference id=_ref-0>[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_note-0)</SUP> <SUP class=reference id=_ref-1>[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_note-1)</SUP>
Transport planes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_plane)

C-130 Hercules (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-130_Hercules)
Boeing 707 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_707)Attack helicopters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_helicopter)

AH-1 Cobra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH-1_Cobra)
AH-64 Apache (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH-64_Apache)
AH-64D Apache (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH-64_Apache#AH-64D)Transport helicopters

CH-53 Sea Stallion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-53_Sea_Stallion)
Bell 206 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_206)
Bell 212 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_212)
UH-60 Black Hawk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UH-60_Black_Hawk)[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_aid_to_Isra el&action=edit&section=3)] Land warfare systems

over 700 M-60 Patton tanks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_tank)
over 6,000 armoured personnel carriers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier)Assault rifles

M16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifle)
CAR-15 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAR-15)
M4 carbine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_carbine)Sniper rifles

M82 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M82_Barrett_rifle)
M24 Sniper Weapon System (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M24_Sniper_Weapon_System)
SR-25 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-25)
Ruger 10/22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_10/22)Machine guns

M60 machine gun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_machine_gun)
M1919 Browning machine gun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun)
M2 Browning machine gun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun)Shotguns

Remington 870 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_870)
Mossberg 695 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossberg_500)Artillery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery)

M109 howitzer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M109_howitzer)
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M270_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System)Munitions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munitions)

Precision guided bombs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_guided_bomb)
Bunker buster bombs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunker_buster#Modern)
Missiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile) (air-to-air (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-to-air), surface-to-air (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-to-air), anti-ballistic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-ballistic_missile), e.g. MIM-104 Patriot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot))[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_aid_to_Isra el&action=edit&section=4)] Foreign Military Sales

Note: This is not a comprehensive listing of U.S. military sales to Israel.


<TABLE class=wikitable><TBODY><TR><TH>Year</TH><TH>FMS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_military_sales)</TH><TH>DCS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_trade)</TH><TH>TOTAL</TH></TR><TR><TD>2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001)</TD><TD>$766,026,000</TD><TD>$4,019,000</TD><TD>$770,045,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002)</TD><TD>$629,426,000</TD><TD>$1,427,000</TD><TD>$630,853,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003)</TD><TD>$845,952,000</TD><TD>$16,455,000</TD><TD>$862,407,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004)</TD><TD>$878,189,000</TD><TD>$418,883,000</TD><TD>$1,297,072,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005)</TD><TD>$1,652,582,000</TD><TD>$1,110,223,000</TD><TD>$2,762,805,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2001 - 2005</TD><TD>$4,772,175,000</TD><TD>$1,551,007,000</TD><TD>$6,323,182,000</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DL><DD>

FMS - Foreign Military Sales
DCS - Direct Commercial Sales
<DD>Source: "Facts Book: Department of Defense, Security Assistance Agency," September 30, 2005.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-WPIUSIs_0>[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_note-WPIUSIs)</SUP> </DD></DL>Israel deals directly with U.S. companies for the vast majority of its military purchases from the United States. U.S. antiboycott regulations make it illegal for American citizens and companies to refuse to trade with Israel.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-2>[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_note-2)</SUP> Other states have a US$100,000 minimum purchase amount per defense contract, while Israel is allowed to purchase military items for less than US$100,000 as required.
The U.S. underwrites Israel's research and development of weapons contributing significant amounts of money to Israeli defense projects such as the Merkava (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkava) battle tank and the Lavi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Lavi) ground-attack aircraft. Israel is also permitted special access to programmes such as the F-35 Lightning II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II) fighter development programme, although cooperation was temporarily suspended following allegations that Israel was trading military secrets with China (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China).<SUP class=reference id=_ref-3>[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_note-3)</SUP>

[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_aid_to_Isra el&action=edit&section=5)] Foreign Military Financing

Note: This is not a comprehensive listing of US ESF and military aid to Israel.


<TABLE class=wikitable><TBODY><TR><TH>Year</TH><TH>FMF</TH><TH>ESF (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economic_Support_Fund&action=edit)</TH><TH>Supplementals</TH><TH>NADR-ATA (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NADR-ATA&action=edit)</TH><TH>TOTAL</TH></TR><TR><TD>2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001)</TD><TD>$1,975,644,000</TD><TD>$838,000,000</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>$2,813,644,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002)</TD><TD>$2,040,000,000</TD><TD>$720,000,000</TD><TD></TD><TD>$28,000,000</TD><TD>$2,788,000,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003)</TD><TD>$2,086,350,000</TD><TD>$596,100,000</TD><TD>$1,000,000,000</TD><TD></TD><TD>$3,682,450,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004)</TD><TD>$2,147,256,000</TD><TD>$477,168,000</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>$2,624,424,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005)</TD><TD>$2,202,240,000</TD><TD>$357,120,000</TD><TD>$50,000,000</TD><TD>$210,000</TD><TD>$2,609,570,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006) (estimated)</TD><TD>$2,257,200,000</TD><TD>$273,600,000</TD><TD></TD><TD>$526,000</TD><TD>$2,531,326,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007) (requested)</TD><TD>$2,340,000,000</TD><TD>$120,000,000</TD><TD></TD><TD>$320,000</TD><TD>$2,460,320,000</TD></TR><TR><TD>Total 2001-2007</TD><TD>$15,048,690,000</TD><TD>$3,381,988,000</TD><TD>$1,050,000,000</TD><TD>$29,056,000</TD><TD>$19,509,734,000</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DL><DD>

FMF - Foreign Military Financing (direct military aid)
ESF - Economic Support Fund (open-ended monetary assistance that can be used to offset military spending and arms purchases
Supplementals are special one-time grants meant as a complement to already allocated aid
NADR-ATA - Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining & Related Programs
<DD>Source: "Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations," Fiscal Years 2001-2007.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-WPIUSIs_1>[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_note-WPIUSIs)</SUP> </DD></DL>Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) in all respects. Israel has received more American financial aid, loan assistance and FMF than any other nationstate in history since its creation in 1948.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-4>[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_note-4)</SUP> Over the past decade, the United States has transferred more than US $17 billion in military aid to Israel, which helped transform the Israel Defense Forces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces) into one of the most technically advanced military forces in the world.

[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_aid_to_Isra el&action=edit&section=6)] References

<LI id=_note-0>^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_ref-0) [1] (http://www.lockheedmartin.com/wms/findPage.do?dsp=fec&ci=12098&rsbci=0&fti=0&ti=0&sc=400) <LI id=_note-1>^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_ref-1) [2] (http://www.lockheedmartin.com/wms/findPage.do?dsp=fec&ci=13991&rsbci=0&fti=0&ti=0&sc=400) <LI id=_note-WPIUSIs>^ <SUP>a</SUP> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_ref-WPIUSIs_0) <SUP>b</SUP> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_ref-WPIUSIs_1) Berrigan, Frida; William D. Hartung (July 20 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_20), 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006)). U.S. Military Assistance and Arms Transfers to Israel: U.S. Aid, Companies Fuel Israeli Military (http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/israel.lebanon.FINAL2.pdf) (PDF). Arms Trade Resource Center Reports. World Policy Institute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Policy_Institute). Retrieved on 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006)-08-13 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_13). <LI id=_note-2>^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_ref-2) Jewish Virtual Library (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Virtual_Library). "Antiboycott Regulations (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/antiboy.html)", Jewish Virtual Library (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Virtual_Library), 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006)-08-06 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_6). <LI id=_note-3>^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_ref-3) Jewish Virtual Library (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Virtual_Library). "Reports: Israel Frozen out of F-35 Development (http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2005/04/reports-israel-frozen-out-of-f35-development/index.php)", Jewish Virtual Library (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Virtual_Library), 2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005)-04-19 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_19).
^ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#_ref-4) Congress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress). "U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel - Report to Congress January 5, 2006 (http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33222_20060105.pdf)", Congress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress), 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006)-01-05 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_5).<TABLE style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/M4_Sherman.jpg/30px-M4_Sherman.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:M4_Sherman.jpg)</TD><TD>This military (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military) article is a stub (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Perfect_stub_article). You can help (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Find_or_fix_a_stub) Wikipedia by expanding it (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_aid_to_Isra el&action=edit).</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
bootlace15
04-23-07, 05:20 PM
Hey Jet,

who's the famous quote from on the profile? That don't look good that you criticise others,but can't take the heat when others criticise back. Not nice Marine!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its only an opinion thing,and nothing else matters. Its good that we can agree to disagree.........

bootlace15 out
jetdawgg
04-24-07, 09:19 AM
Hey Jet,

who's the famous quote from on the profile? That don't look good that you criticise others,but can't take the heat when others criticise back. Not nice Marine!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its only an opinion thing,and nothing else matters. Its good that we can agree to disagree.........

bootlace15 out

I don't mind criticsm. In fact I embrace it. Critical thinking is how one grows and expands the mind. What I don't like are the personal attacks.
jetdawgg
04-24-07, 02:13 PM
A UN envoy has urged Israel to hand over detailed electronic records of its cluster bomb strikes on Lebanon in 2006 to help clear the bombs removal.

Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, said she had asked Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni for the files which are automatically produced when munitions are fired, Reuters reported.

"There is a computer sheet generated when targets are attacked. If the mine clearers can get that, they can identify where the cluster munitions are," she said, adding that Livni had told her she would look into the matter.

Coomaraswamy added that children she had visited in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil had suffered similar levels of psychological damage to their counterparts in the Palestinian territories.

"They wanted to stop people emigrating from the region. They said everyone was leaving them by themselves. I asked one what his plans for the future were and he said, 'I plan to survive.' So there is hopelessness there too," she said.

Reports have indicated that there are 1.2 million cluster bombs scattered across southern Lebanon as a result of the wide-scale Israel's 33-day onslaught on Lebanon.

A cluster bomb consists of a container holding hundreds of smaller bomblets. It opens in mid-air and disperses the bomblets over a large area and do not always explode on impact and can continue to kill innocent civilians years later.

By last month, 30 people had been killed and 191 injured by mines or unexploded ordnance in southern Lebanon since the ceasefire last August. The UN's Mine Action Coordination Center (MACC) in south Lebanon estimates it has cleared about 10 percent of the estimated one million unexploded cluster munitions lying on the ground.

Israel was criticized for firing cluster bombs in Lebanon in the final three days of the conflict, when both Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to a ceasefire. Israel says its use of the munitions was in line with international law.

So far, 864 cluster bomb strike locations have been identified in southern Lebanon. The unexploded ordnance is estimated to contaminate an area of 34 million square meters.

In addition, 15,300 other unexploded items and 400,000 mines lie in the area. MACC aims to clear all known cluster bomb munitions by this December.

MM/BGH

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=7081&sectionid=351020203
Sgt Leprechaun
04-25-07, 06:54 PM
The UN has an agenda, and it ain't about helping the 'poor downtrodden Palestinians'.