Israel selling US weapons to China and India

It seems that there is reason to put Israel on a shorter leash.

According to the Washington Post there is tension between the Israel and the United States (the only country preventing Muslims from killing all Jews). It seems that Israel has been selling the weapons it gets from us to China and to India.

Israel is trying to defuse a festering dispute over longstanding U.S. opposition to its arms sales to China and faces new U.S. demands for closer oversight of weapons deals with India, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.

The affair has strained security ties between Israel and the United States, its main ally and provider of about $2 billion in annual defense aid, at a time when it seeks U.S. assistance to help implement its planned withdrawal from Gaza this August.

So, we have suspended weapons projects with Israel and demanded prior approval to all sales by Israel of our equipment.

Israel's Haaretz daily reported the United States recently suspended several weapons and technology projects with Israel, moves which the newspaper said deepened the dispute that erupted last year over Israeli-supplied Harpy attack drones to China.

Israeli defense officials denied the report but said that Washington, seeking better supervision of Israeli arms sales to countries the United States deems problematic, now wants Israel to obtain advance approval for any weapons deals with India.

Washington has for months refused to talk with the Israeli team trying to negotiate a resolution to the dispute, prompting Israel recently to appoint a new official to head the discussions.

Why is this a big deal? Aside from the fact that China is the next enemy it also makes it more difficult to protect Taiwan...a country that wants freedom from socialism/communism.

The Pentagon fears the Harpy and other advanced Israeli technology sold to China could tilt the balance of power and make it more difficult to defend Taiwan, which Beijing deems a renegade province.

The dispute played a role in the U.S. decision in April to suspend Israel from involvement in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project.
Washington torpedoed Israel's multi-billion dollar sale of Phalcon strategic airborne radar systems to China in 2000, citing concerns it could upset the regional balance of power.

The United States now has similar concerns with regard to weapons sales to India.

Israel wants the US to curtail the selling of weapons to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. So do I. How about this...make your own damn weapons everyone.