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<p class="TNR28"><big><b>USA and Israel Sign War-Deal</b></big><br>
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<p class="TNR14"><i>Israel spends American money designing expensive
toys, but buys from the USA the cheapest available goods</i></p>
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<p class="MySecondaryTitle">The Deal</p>
<p class="MyParagraph">On December 10, 2012, the Pentagon
notified Congress that a substantial weapons deal has been agreed
between the USA and Israel. The latter needs to refill its depleted
arsenal after the brutal Operation <a
href="http://www.roitov.com/index.htm#pillarofcloud" target="blank">Pillar
of Cloud</a>. During it, the Israeli Air Force made over 1,500 attacks
on Gaza with precision American weapons. Israel will buy 6,900 bombs
and GPS-guided tail kits, called Joint Direct Attack Munitions, which
are built by Boeing. The latter will provide also 3,450 Small Diameter
Bombs. Overall, the deal amounts to a $647 million sale and includes a
broad array of bombs ranging from 250 pounds to 2,000 pounds. Other
participating contractors are KDI Precision Products, ATK, Kaman
Dayron, Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control, General Dynamics,
Elwood National Forge, and Raytheon Missile Systems.</p>
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<p class="MySecondaryTitle">The Background</p>
<p class="MyParagraph">In cumulative terms, Israel has
received more American military assistance than any other country.
Moreover, unlike other countries that receive military aid and are
required to spend the money in the USA, Israel spends 25% on its
domestic military projects, mainly its <a
href="http://www.roitov.com/articles/irondomepillarofcloud.htm"
target="blank">antimissile systems.</a> Between 1987 and 2001, the USA
provided an average of $1.8 billion annually in the form of Foreign
Military Sales, Foreign Military Financing and funds to support
research and development. In January 2001, a bilateral memorandum of
understanding was signed, and the aid was increased to $2.4 billion
annually while the $1.2 billion of economic aid would be eliminated.
This was done by increasing by $60 million per year of the defense aid
while the economic aid was decreased by $120 million per year.</p>
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<p class="MyParagraph">In 2007, the aid was increased again to an
average of $3 billion per year for the following ten-year period
(starting at $2.550 billion for 2008, growing by $150 million each
year). The package started in October 2008, when the economic aid to
Israel ended. Former U.S. President George W. Bush assured Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that the U.S. would help keep a "qualitative
advantage" to Israel over other nations in the region. This is the
basis for sporadic aid given from time to time, mainly to the
abovementioned antimissiles program.</p>
<p class="MySecondaryTitle">The Cheat</p>
<p class="MyParagraph">The expenses of Israel during the
operation were astonishing; its Ministry of Defense published in local
media that the attacks on Gaza cost $400 million per day. The
antimissiles used weren't cheap, beginning at $50,000 per unit. They
were designed to destroy missiles that cost less than $100 per unit.
The system is still being developed and has proven <a
href="http://www.roitov.com/articles/29.htm" target="blank">not being
remarkably accurate</a>. The IDF answer to the problem was firing more
than one antimissile on any detected missile, raising the costs even
more. One doesn't need to be a math's wizard to understand that Israel
must save costs somehow.</p>
<p class="MyParagraph">Even the limited data available is enough
to understand Israel's strategy. First, the antimissile system's budget
originates in the American aid, thus actually it cost to Israel much
less than its nominal production cost. Israel pays its fully owned
missile producer <a
href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCross-Bethlehem-Memoirs-Refugee%2Fdp%2F1439257701%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1268668916%26sr%3D8-1&tag=roto-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325"
target="blank">RAFAEL</a><img
src="cid:part1.03060400.00090309@freedomarchives.org" alt=""
style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;"
border="0" height="1" width="1"> with American money. Moreover, Israel
must spent the money in the same year it is given; otherwise it is
lost. This is the cruel mechanic of the world's largest war machine.
Then, the fine print of the new deal reveals another side of Israel's
strategy.</p>
<p class="MyParagraph">Here is where the data is a bit sketchy,
but still good enough. A few days ago, <a
href="http://www.roitov.com/articles/evidence.htm" target="blank">Iran
captured an American drone produced by Boeing,</a> the main company to
benefit from the new deal with Israel. This drone was at the lower end
of American unmanned aerial vehicles and exemplifies what Boeing is
best at: inexpensive technology. Israel spends American money designing
expensive toys, but buys from the USA the cheapest available goods. In
this case, it is the abovementioned Boeing's Joint Direct Attack
Munitions, which are a transition technology capable of upgrading dumb,
cheap bombs into GPS-guided devices. This is cheaper than purchasing
bomb designed to be guided. Most of the current deal is made of these
contraptions.</p>
<p class="MySecondaryTitle">American Moral</p>
<p class="MyParagraph">There is no way of phrasing this
differently: the USA and Israel have signed a deal on Israel's next
war. Like <a href="http://www.roitov.com/index.htm#pillarofcloud"
target="blank">Operation Pillar of Cloud</a>, it will be conducted
mainly with American <b>attack weapons</b>. The technology to be used
is a transitional one, indicating that both, the USA and Israel, are
getting rid of their arsenal of old dumb bombs. America preaches peace,
its president is even the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, but in
the ground, America consistently supports and <a
href="http://www.roitov.com/articles/ala.htm" target="blank">performs</a>
attacks on the meek in the name of Democracy and Human Rights.</p>
<p class="MyParagraph">President Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu,
please let me steal another second of your valuable time and remind you
two verses: "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the
children of God," and "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the
earth." President Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu, you don't own Earth,
you don't have a monopoly on righteousness. Thus, instead of warring
around, let me dare you, "let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works." Start step by step; first, try treating your
people honestly; then spread goodness worldwide. As of now, we see only
your evilness.</p>
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