The US approves $7 billion in weapon sales to Saudi Arabi, UAE, Qatar, and Morocco.
The Democrats will suddenly be against it once Obama is out of the White House and a Republican is in.
The United States on Thursday approved a series of deals worth more than $7bn to supply military helicopters, planes and missiles to four of its Arab allies.
The biggest agreement announced on Thursday was for a $3.51bn sale to the Saudi kingdom of 48 CH-47F Chinook cargo helicopters with spare engines and machine guns.
The United Arab Emirates wants to spend $3.5bn on 27 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters plus support equipment, made by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
Qatar, meanwhile, has requested eight C-17 military cargo jets and spare engines in a pair of contracts totaling $781m.
And Washington has also approved a contract to sell Morocco 1,200 TOW 2A anti-tank missiles made by US arms giant Raytheon for $108m.
The green light, announced by the State Department, will mark another windfall for plane maker Boeing and other US defence manufacturers.
Via Middle East Eye