A Saudi air force jet flies in formation during a graduation ceremony for air force officers at King Faisal military college in Riyadh December 27, 2009. Reuters/Fahad Shadeed
Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge: Obama's Real Motive Behind The Iran Deal: A Backdoor Channel To Sell Weapons To Saudi Arabia
For a long time there was confusion about the "quo" to the Saudi Arabian "quid" over its agreement to side with the US on the Iranian "nuclear deal" (which incidentally looks like it will never happen simply due to the Russian and Chinese UN vetoes).
Then over the weekend we finally got the answer thanks to the the WSJ, which reported that "Gulf States want U.S. assurances and weapons in exchange for supporting Iran nuclear deal."
The details are quite familiar to anyone who has seen the US Military-Industrial Complex in action: the US pretends to wage an aggressive diplomatic campaign of peace while behind the scenes it is just as actively selling weapons of war.
WNU Editor: What's my take on Zero Hedge's analysis .... I am not there yet. But it is true .... when I posted this story 3 days ago on the Gulf states wanting arms from the U.S. in the event of an Iranian nuclear deal .... Gulf States Want More Weapons And U.S. Security Guarantees .... I said to myself that this was a great way/strategy to expand a market with even more weapon sales .... and from clients who have money to spend ASAP.
5 comments:
Hasn't the U.S. always sold Saudi Arabia weapons ?
Yes, at least since the 1980s. However, considering it's Tyler Durden, I take it with as big a grain of salt as I do Debka.
yes ... they have sold weapons in the past. but the goal is always to sell more.
And recently, the GCC has gone on an arms buying spree.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ffd73210-c4ef-11df-9134-00144feab49a.html#axzz3ZTycPV5u
I'll have to disagree in this instance. Will more weapons be sold? Yes. Was it an end-goal or a "price to be paid" for an Iranian agreement? My experience with D.C. leaves me to think it was the latter.
Like I said, I view ZeroHedge like I view Debka; the occasional grain of truth, but mostly a service for their backer. Both to be taken with a large grain of salt.
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