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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo they don't have money to give us healthcare but can afford to give Saudi Arabia Guns ?
Many ill and dying Americans will sleep better knowing that at least the Saudi's can shoot someone or blow them up
P.S.- Thanks for not calling me stupid when I posted this LOL. Maybe I need a nap. My brain completely blanked out that they sold the guns
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Not.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)So obvious once you see it.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)It was a $110 billion deal. http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/20/us-saudi-arabia-seal-weapons-deal-worth-nearly-110-billion-as-trump-begins-visit.html But you can bet that money won't go for social programs.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)A little somethin' somethin' for her troubles from our good friends who flew those planes into the WTC and the Pentagon.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)And bin Laden?
So, we'll trust them to not use those weapons against us?
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)Shipping guns over there and you really don't know who will end up with them. Also, if and when Saudi Arabia and Iran begin to kill each other why should we be the ones giving them weapons to do it?
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)but not mental health. Great idea...give mentally ill people more access to guns and terrorists more guns that we pay for with our taxes. Brilliant.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)I wonder how much of the savings gets added to the cost of something Jared's company sells to them.