Israeli Arms Sales To China and European Arms Sale to China ????????

[Coastie for Truth]

Looks like the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers and the Aerospace Industries Association and the Electronic Industries Alliance actually do have more power on Capital Hill then AIPAC--

The House on Thursday rejected legislation giving the president the authority to bring sanctions against European companies that sell arms to China after U.S. business groups came out strongly against it.

In a dramatic turnaround, more than 100 House members changed their votes from yes to no following a last-minute lobbying effort by opponents.


The final vote was 215-203, well short of the two-thirds majority needed under a procedure for what normally are non-controversial bills.

Earlier during the roll call, more than 330 members had registered yes votes, but several lawmakers said people started changing votes after learning of opposition from the business community.

Rep. Donald Manzullo, R-Ill., distributed a notice that groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Aerospace Industries Association and the Electronic Industries Alliance opposed the measure because more export controls would result in the loss of U.S. jobs.

Compare and contrast: The DU post and the World Tribune story exactly one month ago which reported

The Bush administration has begun to block arms shipments to Israel and suspend joint programs after the two allies failed to resolve a dispute over arms sales to China.

U.S. officials said the Defense Department and Israeli representatives were unable to draft a memorandum of understanding that would halt Israeli weapons sales to China. They said the two sides could not agree on a supervision mechanism for Israeli arms exports.

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The failure to draft the MoU appeared to have heightened the crisis between the Pentagon and Israel's Defense Ministry. The Pentagon has boycotted high level meetings with Israeli officials since July 2004 in wake of Israel's efforts to upgrade the Harpy unmanned aerial vehicle for China.

Since then, the Pentagon has embarked on a process of escalating sanctions. They included the suspension of Israeli participation in the Joint Strike Fighter program.

What was that about AIPAC and Israel -- how about Boeing and British Aerospace and the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufcaturers and the Aerospace Industries Association and the Electronic Industries Alliance????

[liberaliraqvet26]

1. the Israelies have been selling our stuff

to China for years, this is nothing new.

[Violet_Crumble]

2. The forum guidelines seem to have changed since I last read them...

The subject heading for threads must contain the title of the source article. The only exception is when you must shorten long titles or to make the subject of the article more clear.

Nope. Just checked and they're still the same...

Violet...