Arming 'our friends the Saudis'

The Bush administration has proposed a huge new arms package for 'our friends the Saudis' and is trying to offset the outrage by increasing arms sales to Israel. All of this is being sold as a counter to Iran, although it is unclear to me how any of these weapons will help defend against Iranian nuclear weapons. The package will come to $20 billion over ten years: The proposed package of advanced