With White House Push, U.S. Arms Sales Jump

Is this how we prop up our EXPORT trade balance? Is this the political RIGHT speaking? Who is Bush working for anyway?

With White House Push, U.S. Arms Sales Jump - NYTimes.com: "With White House Push, U.S. Arms Sales Jump
By ERIC LIPTON
Published: September 13, 2008
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is pushing through a broad array of foreign weapons deals as it seeks to rearm Iraq and Afghanistan, contain North Korea and Iran, and solidify ties with onetime Russian allies.

Petty Officer First Class Scott Cohen/United States Navy
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, right, at a ceremony on Feb. 2, 2007, for the United States’ transfer to the Afghan Army of 213 Humvees and more than 12,000 light weapons.

U.S. Weapons Abroad From tanks, helicopters and fighter jets to missiles, remotely piloted aircraft and even warships, the Department of Defense has agreed so far this fiscal year to sell or transfer more than $32 billion in weapons and other military equipment to foreign governments, compared with $12 billion in 2005.
The trend, which started in 2006, is most pronounced in the Middle East, but it reaches into northern Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and even Canada, through dozens of deals that senior Bush administration officials say they are confident will both tighten military alliances and combat terrorism"

U.S. Weapons Abroad