{"id":4317,"date":"2010-10-21T08:01:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T08:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.transversalmedia.eu\/actions-speak-louder\/"},"modified":"2010-10-21T08:01:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T08:01:59","slug":"actions-speak-louder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/actions-speak-louder\/","title":{"rendered":"Actions speak louder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/politics\/la-fg-saudi-arms-20101021,0,4789866.story\">U.S. gives details of Saudi arms deal &#8211; latimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Obama administration formally notified Congress on Wednesday of plans to sell <a id=\"PLGEO00000070\" title=\"Saudi Arabia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/topic\/intl\/saudi-arabia-PLGEO00000070.topic\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> as much as $60 billion worth of arms in a deal aimed at bolstering regional defenses against an ascendant Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The  agreement, which will stretch out as long as 20 years, would be the  largest U.S. arms sale ever, if Saudi Arabia buys all that has been  authorized.[&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The deal will allow the Saudis to buy 84 new F-15 aircraft and to  upgrade 70 more. It offers them 70 AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters, 72  UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, 36 AH-61 light attack helicopters, as well  as 12 MD-530F light training helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>They also can buy a variety of missiles, bombs and other equipment, including night-vision goggles.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>60 bn dollars. Wrap your mind around that figure. Also, wrap your mind around Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s appalling human rights records, systematic oppression of women, LGBTQ folks, political dissidents, etc. I genuinely do not understand the logic of arming Saudi because Iran are &ldquo;the bad people&rdquo;. I guess this is a new, untested tactic to &ldquo;spread democracy&rdquo;?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. gives details of Saudi arms deal &#8211; latimes.com The Obama administration formally notified Congress on Wednesday of plans to sell Saudi Arabia as much as $60 billion worth of arms in a deal aimed at bolstering regional defenses against an ascendant Iran. 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