US: Saudis Can Have F-35s, Just Not the 'Kill Everything' Buttons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Per Al-Monitor, the F-35 fighter jets the U.S. plans to sell Saudi Arabia will be less advanced than those Israel operates, ensuring Tel Aviv's regional military 'dominance.' This isn't just about 'friends.' It's about a multi-decade, bipartisan U.S. commitment to funneling billions in aid and cutting-edge weaponry to Israel, ensuring it remains the undisputed regional
military hegemon, regardless of how many U.N. resolutions it violates—or how many Saudi children an 'un-advanced' F-35 manages to eliminate. This 'Qualitative Military Edge' (QME) doctrine, enshrined in US law, effectively dictates that any regional actor, no matter their human rights record (see Yemen), must always be second to Israel. One might wonder if the 'advanced features' stripped from the
Saudi jets are the ones designed to avoid elementary schools or hospitals. The media frames it as 'maintaining stability.' We call it ensuring a brutal occupation can continue unopposed, underwritten by the American taxpayer.