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Source: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/bernie-sanders-democrats-resolutions-arms-sales-israel-iran-b96cf4f7
U.S. Senators Try to Block Arms Sales to Israel
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - In the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, 40 of 47 Democrats voted to advance a resolution blocking the sale of bulldozers and 36 opposed the sale of thousand-pound bombs to Israel. Many acknowledged the bombs could be used in Iran, where Israel has been fighting alongside the U.S. If they could, they'd deny our ally the capabilities to fight our enemy. For all the talk of preserving U.S. alliances, that never seems to apply to Israel. Instead they want to punish Israel for working with the U.S. in Iran - which they see through partisan eyes as working with Mr. Trump. It serves the U.S. interest not one jot to hamstring Israel's air force, which cleared the U.S. flight path to Iran's nuclear sites in June, and has now decapitated Iran's military leadership and helped slash its missile arsenal and industrial complex. The armored bulldozers, portrayed as malevolent, are a response to Hamas and Hizbullah's strategy of booby-trapping their own civilian buildings. Israeli capabilities are an asset to the U.S. Israel already seeks to wind down U.S. aid, but these are sales to a fighting ally. The votes to cut off arms in the middle of a war is an ominous turn that will encourage Iran, Hizbullah and their terrorist allies around the Middle East.