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The US has sold some toys to the friendly masters of Saudi Arabia. What will the Saudis do with this new weaponry: let it rust.

Here is that fair and balanced partnership in the Middle East that we are trying to promote:

some in Congress expressed fears that some of the technology being sold could threaten Israel

US state department spokesman Sean McCormack said that both the Saudi and Israeli governments had been consulted and Washington was ensuring Israel retained a “qualitative military edge”.

Does anyone else find this a little bit more than just humorous?