Post-Holiday Giving

Bush would like Congress to approve the sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions (like the ones pictured) and other weapons worth $20 billion to Saudi Arabia, but he's not going to officially ask them to do so until January 15th, 2008 so they can enjoy their holidays without having to make hard decisions and crap. A bipartisan group of Congressman promised to oppose the sale unless the Saudis assured us it would never use the weapons against our troops or Israel. It's a good thing they come loaded with Mission Impossible-style self destruct modules.. oh, they don't? I guess it's good, then, that the Saudi regime is so totally stable that $20 billion in weapons couldn't possibly outlast it. [ The Hill ]