US State Department's Antony Blinken Wins Prestigious Weapon Salesman of the Year Award

Editor's note: The US State Department under Antony Blinken is an extension of the Pentagon. Think of the US State Department as the head sales office for US weapon manufacturers experiencing record profits and Antony Blinken as weapon salesman of the year ($80.8 billion worth in 2023). US foreign diplomatic relations are about negotiating weapon sales and nothing else. The US is not interested in negotiated peaceful settlements. It very well could be what we are seeing unfold in the Middle East in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran is largely faked (CGI wars?) reporting in order for trillion dollar "defense" budgets to be justified. To all foreign autocrats place your orders here: Think of Israel's IDF as a large construction company with armed guards.

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US Approves $2 Billion in New Arms Deals for Taiwan

The sales are for NASAMS air defense systems and radar systems

by Dave DeCamp | October 27, 2024

On Friday, the State Department approved two potential arms deals for Taiwan worth about $2 billion, drawing a sharp rebuke from China.

The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said one deal is for three National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and related equipment and has an estimated cost of $1.16 billion. The other deal is for radar systems and is worth about $828 million.

The approval of the arms sales begins a period when Congress could potentially block the deals. But the sales are not expected to face any opposition since there is strong bipartisan support for arming Taiwan.

In response to the approval of the arms sales, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that China "strongly condemns and firmly opposes it, and has lodged solemn representations with the US" and warned Beijing will "take all necessary measures to firmly defend national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity."

The new deals come as tensions are soaring between the US and China over Taiwan. Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, have repeatedly warned their US counterparts that the island is the "first red line" in US-China relations that must not be crossed, but the Biden administration continues to ignore Beijing's concerns.

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Antony Blinken in Jordan on a "sales call selling more weapons to Jordan." There are no profits in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and Blinken as described here is not interested in a peaceful resolution.