THE LATEST PROPOSED MADNESS IS TO TRANSFER…
... some B-2 stealth bombers and those 30,000 pound bunker-buster bombs to Israel...
Yes, you read that correctly. according to this article - again shared by the ever-vigilant V.T. (with our gratitude) - there are some proposing to transfer American B-2 stealth bombers and some bunker-busters to Israel, according to this article from India:
The first paragraph of the article aptly sums up this latest bit of madness:
US lawmakers have proposed that US President Donald Trump be authorised to transfer B-2 stealth bombers and 30,000-pound "bunker buster" bombs to Israel if Iran is found to still be developing a nuclear weapons. This comes days after the US attacked Iran’s three nuclear sites - Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan with 14 B-2 bunker buster bombs. Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Mike Lawler, R-N.Y. have proposed an act called the Bunker Buster Act that will allow the POTUS to "take actions to ensure Israel is prepared for all contingencies if Iran seeks to develop a nuclear weapon." A ceasefire was announced between Iran and Israel after more than a week of hightened (sic.) tensions during which both countries launched missiles and attacked each other. While Israel was first to launch the preemptive attack targeting Iranian nuclear sites, Iran said it has the right to respond. The tensions came to a halt after US strikes and Iran's retaliation on America's base in Qatar. As of 2024, the U.S. had 19 B-2s in operation. It does not transfer custody of its B-2 stealth bombers to any of its allies.
Now I am against any brutal murder of people, be it of Israelis by the nutcases in Hamas, or of Palestinians by whomever(pick your favorite nutcase, there are plenty in the region to go around). Who is doing what to whom and "who started it?" is not my concern here.
My concern is that anyone with half a brain would propose the transfer of some of this country's most advanced weapons platforms - gratis - to any other country, "ally" or not. Given the enormous range of the B-2, this would, in effect, be delivering strategic delivery platforms for nuclear weapons to Israel. Would that country be capable of turning them against us? I have but one answer to that: remember the U.S.S. Liberty.
And given the history of the region, we can be fairly confident in what will come next: our other
regional "allies" - Egypt and Saudi Arabia and Turkey - will sooner or later find cause against Israel (probably induced by the blackmail capability such a technology and weapons platform transfer would introduce), and demand we share our B-2 and bunker busters with them too, or, failing that, they'll trot off to Beijing, or Moscow, or Berlin for some correspondingly nasty military technology. And then Israel will demand that we give them a couple of air-refueling tankers so that they can strike their other threats in the "region" like China, or Russia, and we're off and running in yet another bit of Middle Eastern Madness.There's a good reason we - and anyone else with interests in the region - have denied the extension of strategic delivery capability to the nations of that region. With friends and allies like these, who needs enemies?
See you on the flip side...
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