Word: arabia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ensure that Western technology is "not exploited to make good the chronic deficiencies of the Communist system." Weinberger, who is especially critical of the European allies' involvement in the Soviet pipeline, sharpened his criticism in a 324-page message sent to Congress during his stay in Saudi Arabia last week. Said he: "No defense policy could succeed in the long run unless [we pursue] a policy that ensures that our resources will not be diverted to strengthen our adversary...
DISPATCHED FROM Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the three page telex arrived in the officers of two dozen senators the morning of October 28, 1981. Signed the night before by 22 corporate executives on a tour of the Middle East and Eastern Europe sponsored by Time, Inc., the telegram strongly urged the wavering legislators to vote that afternoon for the sale of AWACS aircraft to Saudi Arabia. Senate rejection of the electronic reconnaissance planers, it argued, would "severely damage U.S. credibility in [the] Arab world...
...came as little surprise. For anyone at all familiar with the foreign policy tactics of this Administration, the sequence of high-level consultations followed by the announcement of a mammoth arms sale has become distressingly familiar. After taking care of larger and more pressing accounts--including those of Saudi Arabia. Egypt, El Salvador, and Pakistan--it was only logical that the U.S. would get around to other prospective friends with its enticing platter of highly sophisticated armaments...
...Administration. Reagan and Co have made arms sales not merely a part of their foreign policy, but the hallmark of it. This year between $25 billion and $30 billion in weaponry will change hands--a massive increase over last year. Considering that among our clients are El Salvador, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Chile and the Philippines, it appears that America is as far as ever from being the "arsenal of democracy." It is simply the arsenal...
...Saudi Arabia the only country where the U.S. stands to have an arms deal backfire on it. The projected deal with Pakistan, which now awaits Congressional approval, is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Ostensibly for the purpose of strengthening Pakistan's northern border with Soviet-controlled Afghanistan, the deal includes the aircraft that would enhance delivery capability for the atomic bomb that the Pakistanis are currently developing. Beyond simply antagonizing Pakistan's nuclear neighbor, India, the deal would make it that much easier for General Zia to lend nuclear weapons to some of his close Arab allies, like Iraq...