US Dutifully Offers to Replace Israeli Munitions Spent on Gaza
US to sell Israel $647 million worth of bombs and munitions to renew stock after Operation Pillar of Defense
The United States is selling Israel munitions worth $647 million in order to make up for the military inventory Israeli Defense Forces used up during the massive bombings in Gaza during Operation Pillar of Defense last month.
The deal “will include the supply of 6,900 precision bomb kits” as well as “10,000 bombs of various kinds – 3,450 bombs weighing a ton each, 1,725 bombs weighing 250 kilograms each, 1,725 BLU-109 bunker-buster bombs, and 3,450 GBU-39 bunker-buster bombs,” reports Haaretz.
Israel instigated a conflict with Gaza militants last month, blaming retaliatory rocket fire into Israel as having been initiatory, and proceeding to bomb residential areas, killing about 180 people and injuring over 900, mostly civilians (compared with 6 Israelis killed).
Palestinian authorities said that the cost of 120 buildings completely destroyed and 8,000 buildings damaged amounted to $1.2 billion. These are damages that the Washington is partly responsible for, considering all Israeli military operations are enabled by unmatched US economic and military aid. Still, the US thought it more appropriate to rebuild Israel’s military arsenal rather than aid in the rebuilding of a destroyed Gaza.
Throughout the escalating skirmish, US officials continued their one-sided support of Israel. But immediately and dutifully replacing all of the bombs Israel exhausted on the people of Gaza is more a sign of support than any of the rhetoric they offered last month.
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RickR30
December 11th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
The US is "selling"? Let me guess, US taxpayers will be the ones paying. I'd hardly call that selling.
MarketingFile
December 12th, 2012 at 6:36 am
Yup … Mean while ; we have hungry kids , homeless families, homeless veterans ….. It is disgusting at best and treasonous at worst .
boatops
December 12th, 2012 at 7:12 am
WHY?? Israel is NOT our friend! Remember the USS Liberty!!
mr correct
December 12th, 2012 at 8:00 am
AND THAN WE ASK: WHY THEY HATE US???the only ally we have right now is israel. the rest is hating us…
Bill
December 12th, 2012 at 8:20 am
The country I chose to be mine is showing moral bankruptcy, walk in any street in the Arab World( 360 Million) the Muslim World(1.75 Billion) and 99% of the world and show them this news and you instantly realize the hate an action like this generates, but who cares , definitely not this congress or this administration .
Popsiq
December 12th, 2012 at 8:52 am
The IDF will need a lot more bombs to tackle Iran.
rosemerry
December 12th, 2012 at 10:43 am
The USA has not an ounce of humanity, compassion, christian charity or even commonsense.
How can the population feel safe when every move anyone makes is under surveillance, half of the money taken in taxes (mostly from the lower 80%) is used to attack other people all over the world or bully/bribe nations to support US policy? Israel receives royal treatment at every stage, Muslim-majority countries are constantly bombed, spied on and threatened, plus sanctioned for no valid reason (Iraq in the 1990s, now Iran) and Muslims in the USA are shamelesly treated, then the USA blames "extremists" for the normal reaction of any human to be anti-USI policies and actions.
Rick
December 12th, 2012 at 11:03 am
If you voted Democrat or Republican, this is what you voted for.
Nothing that is said during a 'campaign' matters. We've seen in recent memory Clinton, Bush II, and Obama lie during their campaigns. And its a pretty sure bet that a Romney presidency would have shown he was lying too. The key is to watch what they do. Do you support that? This is what Obama and the Democrats do. This is what the Republicans would do. If you vote Democrat or Republican, you are voting to pay higher taxes, to cut off retirement help, to restrict or eliminate medical care, to cut back or eliminate food assistance, etc, etc, etc, all in order to pay for helping Israel kill innocent civilians. If you voted for Obama, if you voted for Romney, this is what you voted for. Please stop.
Donnelly
December 12th, 2012 at 11:04 am
And take a quick guess who will pay for that too. The American people have only a few weeks to rise up and stop from getting stuck with the bill to pay for past excesses. And only a few months to rise up and stop a much more expensive and much more deadly war with Iran.
musings
December 12th, 2012 at 11:31 am
I'm sorry. Since when can Israel not afford to pay for its own weapons? What's the emergency here? Or is this simply a gesture of uncritical support in exchange for what – what are they giving us in exchange? "Security" in our airports, "training" for our local police? Is that why shoppers are sent with their hands up from an Oregon mall? Have they been training our cops to treat us like apartheid Palestinians? This is not a good deal for us. Someone with investigative balls needs to look into what the "benefits" of this relationship are nowadays.
Anti_Govt_Rebel
December 12th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
I'm an american and i had nothing to do with all this. It is the US government that is inflicting this terror.
Robert Emmet
December 12th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
not to worry Bernanke is printing money right now to pay for this….fiscal cliff..what fiscal cliff?
FrankJordan
December 12th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Rosemerry you've got it 100 per cent right! "…the normal reaction of any human…" Boy, that just makes it so perfectly clear. Thanks much! –Frank
Eastwood
December 12th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
The US Government has blood on it's hands.
This is scandalous.
When will the American electorate wake up and clean out Congress?
The AIPAC lobby is destroying America.
dude
December 12th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Is it true that the congress authorises billions of dollars in anual payments to Israel, then Israel donates money for individual congressmen during their campaigns, corruption at its best, however, Israel still gets to keep the majority of the money thats given to her.
The world doesnt hate our freedom, it hates our biased support of a little state that continues to violate laws and human rights, then pulls our the holaucot its really simple.