i understand what you all are concerned about and understand the pain that wont be cured of 911. the whole univers is sorry for that tragidy. but people who did it are so unhappy coz it didn't effect the U.S. as a great country. yet,the fact that 19 of the hijackers were saudis doesn't tell me that where they came from is a terrorist country. the saudi goverment is doing whatever it takes to shuttdown those terrorists activeties. yes, saudi arabia is a rich country but the sad fact that it is so damn behind on technology specially in security and safety. we had so many tragedies here in saudi arabia that the goverment failed to turndown. but there is few success. but mostly the bad people "terrorists" are three stips ahead. its getting better now. this military upgrade will help alot. its not only about weapon. its everything a country needs for internal security. Saudi Arabia have never been an enemy or a threat to the U.S.

i love the USA and so the people of my country. and, whoever hates it, means its goverment "Mr.Bush" who most of the americans hates. and all what have been said about the royal family of being a fragile. well, it is a Kingdom and yes there is a royal family but its not the family who is ruling. its the King. and talking about him: the king Abdullah is a great man who want to correct so many things before he passout. didn't you guys noticed lately that somany saudi students were sent to the US on a govermental scholership? he acknowledge that his country needs all the modern technology in ervrything you name it. to get a very very good doctor, detective, police man, investegator, teatcher..etc which we don't have much.

its not the saudi goverment nor saudi people who are what the whole world is afrade of or fear. its the terrorists who can be in any race and nationality. we heard of some eygeptions, some south african, some americans, some iraqies, some indonesians …. etc addetional to some saudis. that doesn't make the whole univers a big terrorist. those people is (alqaida) who are so intrested in finding a so desperate person, that abuot to commit suicide, in any age, any sex, any race, any nationality, with a bit of brain wash and some training and wallah, you have a new born terrorist. and then they are like bacteria. they get bigger and bigger but only if they find a good inviroment. like iraq and afganistan at the first place where no security at all. then the middle east due to security is in asleep.

and finally as a human being, May GOD save the whole world from those whom not only murdered and scared our brothers and sisters but also made us distrust and doubt eacht other wich is might be their plan. amen.

Interesting how people are so bothered by this. I mean we give Israel weapons all the time. Not only that but we have been competing with Russia for arms deals for years now in this region. Why does Egypt get technology from us?

Arms-sale mother lode to Saudi Arabia is a reward for the supportive role its been playing in Iraq, right? Not quite, since "United States officials contend [it's playing] a counterproductive role in Iraq."
But at the very least, the U.S. will — will it not? — seek specific assurances from Saudi Arabia that it will be more supportive of the American effort in Iraq as a condition of receiving the arms package? Again, not quite, since it is reported that "the administration has not sought specific assurances from Saudi Arabia that it would be more supportive of the American effort in Iraq as a condition of receiving the arms package." Adding to the destabilization, however, is that all this talk of shipping satellite-guided weaponry to the Saudis is — surprise! — making Israel "nervous." But, yet again, not to worry. For the way to de-destabilize and de-nerve the nervous is to double down — let's say, "by promising Israel $30.4 billion in military aid over the next decade…, an increase of nearly 43 percent." Thus our modern-day Metternichs and military-industrial machine happily comingle the idiosyncratic logic of drug-dealing gangsterism and advanced-weaponry brinkmanship. That is, as we modernize their forces, we can upgrade Israel's, so we can then counterbalance with more modernization, so we can then re-upgrade Israel's … Yes, things should turn out just fine.

I really am So Mad!!!! ( That we (The USA)>>Via "Madman Bush" Is sending arms to the Saudi's

Uh what part of 9/11 don't WE get here???

Uh what part Of Al-Queda/Bin Laden being from Saudia Arabia don't
we get here???

Now I Know Bush IS Completely Schizo-Socio/Psychopathic..Lunatic etc etc etc…
Good Gawd!!!

Congress can still say no to the sale, which I suspect they wont..

Also, this type of sale has been going on for years. The US is one of,(if not the largest), arms dealers in the world. Why are any of you surprised by this?

Finally, where was the outrage when Slick and Company sold nuclear technology to the Chinese. Where is the outrage any time military technology is sold?

At least we've been warned of the Republicans fondest hope. The truth is Republicans are toast for 2008, though that may be the plan, the conspiracy theories are sounding more and more plausible to me.

I always was leery of the egocentrism of the Republican platform of self responsibility, self accountability etc. It is OK to expect this of oneself, but in dealing with others it seemed very unchristian, undemocratic, and anti-"for the common good", in short the work of the devil. It is coordinating the common good that I perceive is the job and purpose of government; if we all are in it just for ourselves with zero responsibility for others I call that anarchy.

I saw where there was an arms grant, from the US Congress to Saudi Arabia, to buy these arms. If you give money from the US treasury to purchase from American manufactures that is a gift to those manufacturers not a sale. It is a way of transferring US treasury dollars to private US citizens, is this not illegal? And why do we need to give grants to Saudi Arabia, they are fleecing the taxpayer on fuel already, and are within the top five richest countries. These law makers have lost every sense of balance as a group, I doubt individually they have any smarts at all.

Are we crazy? The Saudis (I am talking about our 'friends' the Royal Family- not even the extermists) are the ones funding the Islamic schools all over the world which preach hate and murder.
How can we sell them weapons? We must convince our politicians to reject this…

Geez, even Microsoft has limits on what they can sell to Arab countries.

What a joke. IRAN already has F-14's and F-16's that we sold them. Now they want to sell more advanced technology weapons to the Middle East???? Weapons that will probably be used to kill our own soldiers, if not used in an attack directly on American soil.

And a huge part of this is not about the weapons themselves, but the technology advances they will gain by getting and analyzing these weapons. Then, soon, they will be able to build them themselves.

Impeach Bush and Cheney now!!

It should not surprise anyone that the Bush Administration would support this kind of move. The Bush family always had some kind of connection with Saudi Arabia – which teaches their children to hate the U.S. at a very early age.

Bush needs to be impeached for the continuously bad choices he makes for America and Cheney needs to step down before he has another heart attack.

We need great leaders to clean up the nasty messes that these so called leaders keep putting us in. I fear that another 9/11 will happen and most of the terrorist will be from Saudi Arabia using the weapons that we supplied. What a joke! I say before Bush leaves office – his popularity number will be in the teens! It wouldn't surprise me one bit!

As a previous commenter referenced above, history should be our guide in these transactions. The bin Laden-led Afghan Arabs sold the weapons we provided them with to fight the Soviets because, as bin Laden himself said (when asked by Rumsfeld in the '80s), "we don't trust you not to abandon us, like you abandoned the Vietnamese." Very telling.

Also, for the record, what the heck was HJ from Newport News above talking about? Anybody understand that?

history repeats itself. we give the afghan's one billion dollars and caseloads of rockets to help us fight the "threat" of communism in the 1980's. then they knock down our towers. now we're doing the same thing all over again. wow. sleep easy, united states.

UNBELIEVABLE! History shows these weapons will be used against us one day.

Bush/Cheney are in bed with the Saudi's…no doubt about it!

I'll bet their off-shore bank accounts benefit from this.

And Rice is totally pathetic!

What a disgrace this is!

Why are we sending more arms to that area? We shouldn't be sending anything over there as it will all end up in the wrong hands. Bush has endangered all of us with his close relationship with the Arabs. L. Minier Fresno, Ca.

America's, a joke to the world, and the media or the ones with their hands up the Media's butt's, got to be laughing their Butt's off. Tell me when our troops are coming home, Homes for the Homeless but this
or, OMG, I refuse to say her name. As male or female here's the deal, Why were you starring at her Cleavage anyway, MMMM, looking is one thing, but starring can make some people Hot, some females may become extremely hot because of, their lack of endowment and as far as, the Men/Dogs of America it's shameful how most Males have no control over their body members and in Washington D C, that's America's best keep secret,
So when are you guys going to pass a bill executing the Corrupted?

I wonder how long it will take for these arms to find their way into terrorists hands? The distribution plan is probably already in place, and soon the first US soldier will be killed by a weapon provided by his/her commander in chief. Gee, would that be considered "friendly fire"?

all i want to know is: how much of a kick back is bush/cheney going to get out of this. 10 billion or the whole enchillada. these 2 morons don't give a hoot about america. they are just in it for the cash!

If there's even a 1% chance that they will use it against humanity, let's don't sell.

what side is the US on? The Israelis? The Arabs? As always, we supply the weapons that are eventually used against us and our allies.

What a country!

We did the same thing in Afganistan (fighting the Russians) and Iraq (fighting Iran). The idea: "The enemey of my enemy is my friend." has always backfired and probably will again in this case. Too bad the president knows, or cares jack about history. There is a greater-than-zero chance that these weapons will be used against us in a future attack. So much for the president protecting us.

again, substantiates my thoughts that the entire 911 event was part of a horrible conspiracy; i hate to think this, but i believe george bush et al are responsible if not for the perpetration then they KNEW AND DID NOTHING. saudi citizens made up the majority of the 911 hijackers, if there even was a hijacking!!! this adminitration and the corporations who care little for the citizens of this country just about slipped the dubai port deal through, now this!! we are in dire straits in this country and i hope people will WAKE UP, we are now just about living in a dictatorship right here in the united states of america.

Pres. Bush forgets that for the terrorists, toppling the ruling Saudi family would be even more thrilling than nailing the U.S. (or Britain or whoever) again–and the Saudi gov't (family) is a fragile one. If toppled, it would be just one more case of people using our own arms (training, etc.) against us. Don't you ever think about tomorrow, Mr. Bush?

That's the way to insure peace in the region – sell guns. Sell bombs. Boosts our economy, helps our trade deficit concerning Saudi oil, and sends those pesky Iranians a message.

It's the American way.

Except – weren't those Saudis flying the planes into the twin towers?

Hmmm. Makes you wonder which side our government is really on.

And in return?

Oh fabulous idea. The one thing we definitely need is to sell them more arms to kill us with. Bravo! I'm guessing they forgot 19 of the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia?