Nicholas Burns: "The...way to peace is...the U.S. will..remain the primary factor of stability"

[Flabbergasted]

U.S. to Give Israel Record Military Aid
By ARON HELLER 08.16.07, 5:24 PM ET




JERUSALEM - The United States offered Israel an unprecedented $30 billion of military aid over 10 years on Thursday, bolstering its closest Mideast ally and ensuring the state's military edge over its neighbors long into the future.

The package was meant in part to offset U.S. plans to offer Saudi Arabia advanced weapons and air systems that would greatly improve the Arab country's air force. Israel has said it has no opposition to the Saudi aid.

The deal represents a 25 percent rise in U.S. military aid to Israel, from a current $2.4 billion a year to $3 billion a year over 10 years.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns said the package was meant to back peace-seeking countries like Israel and moderate Arab states in the region to counter U.S. adversaries such as Iran.

"The only way to peace is to show countries like Iran and Syria that the U.S. will remain the primary factor of stability in this region," Burns said at Israel's Foreign Ministry. "We are going to stand up for our friends."

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/16/ap4028163.html

[PDJane]

1. Excuse me for a moment.........

I need to regain my equilibrium.

The US is anything but a stabilizer in the middle east. If the US would shut down the rapacious instincts of its multinationals and stop trying to rule the entire world the entire world would be better off.

Jesus on toast points.

Stabilizing influence.

[Selatius]

2. There will be no peace.

It's like the two military super blocs that emerged in Europe before the First World War. The idea was that the size and might of each army would act as a stabilizing factor and deter nations from being reckless. The only problem with the idea was that it was bullshit. War happened anyway, and 10,000,000 died as a result.

As long as war is profitable for corporations that manufacture war machines and mass killing weapons, there will never be peace.