Obama Sold Turkey Drones

In Newsweek, Eli Lake reports that “Obama Sold Israel Bunker-Buster Bombs.” Actually, as the story notes, it was George W. Bush who ordered the bombs toward the end of his second term. Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert wanted them delivered in 2007, but Bush told him to wait until 2009-2010, and in 2009, according to Lake’s story, “Obama finally released the weapons.”

Maybe it’s not the case, as some have speculated, that “news about the bunker buster sale was leaked now” for domestic reasons, “to prove [Obama] is as good a friend to Israel as any of his predecessors.” However, it’s worth noting another U.S. arms deal receiving considerably less attention.