Peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. At what cost?
Israel
and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on August 13, 2020 they were
establishing full diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by the U.S.
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For the U.S., the deal brings military commercial
advantages. The deal specifically includes the sale of F-35 aircraft, and also
Boeing EA-18G Growlers, a specialized version of the F/A-18 Super Hornet,
dedicated to electronic warfare and thwarting air defense networks. All of this
military equipment will be sold to the UAE.
In this respect, the deal is a big
headache for Israel.
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said,
“I examined the issue in depth with those
involved — Israel did not give its consent to such a deal, not even tacit
consent.”
The Israeli concern is that the UAE will
receive enough advanced aircraft to undermine Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge.
Of great concern to Israel is the U.S military sale to the UAE of the F-35, the
most advanced fighter plane in the world.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said on
August that Netanyahu “has opposed the sale of F-35 jets and other advanced
weapons of any sort in the Middle East, including Arab states that make peace
with the State of Israel.”
Yet, Israel cannot protest loudly, because
it could lose its privileges with the U.S.
The sale to the UAE of U.S. advanced
military technology and aircraft endangers Israel. The U.S. does not think in
Israel. It thinks only in arms sales. An example is Turkey, which has been
formidably armed by the U.S. during decades. If Turkey is today a threat, who
put Turkey as NATO member? Who put in Turkey U.S. nuclear missiles against
Russia? Who sold to Turkey advanced military technology and aircraft? Who made
Turkey militarily great, including against Israel?
In the future when Turkey, UAE, Saudi
Arabia and other Muslim nations gather together to destroy Israel, they will
use U.S. military technology and weapons.
According to the Foreign Policy magazine,
the military industrial complex “is a huge driver of U.S. jobs and economic
growth. In 2017 alone, it generated $865 billion, supporting 2.4 million
high-paying American jobs. The industry produced a positive trade balance of
$86 billion in 2017, the largest of any U.S. industry.”
So the most profitable industry today in
the U.S. is the military industrial complex, and its financial power
successfully influences politicians and their politics, including the foreign policy
and military adventures and interventionism.
So it is no wonder that Trump
said that he is a big fan of President Erdogan while Turkey persecutes
Christians. For the sake of arm sales, the U.S. treats any arm client as a
good friend.
The U.S. should take into consideration
that God has a special plan for Israel. To arm Muslim enemies, who sooner or
later will attack Israel, is not a good ideal.
To push Israel into a peace deal where
Israel is required not to repossess traditional Jewish lands occupied by
Islamic Palestinian invaders is not a good idea.
In fact, to push Israel into a deal that
includes the sale of advanced military technology to a Muslim nation is a
terrible idea.
If there actually will be a future Armageddon
against Israel, it will be an Armageddon of U.S. weapons in Muslim hands.
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