1.新闻网址:
http://ow.ly/l8gK309V03Y
2.新闻来源︰
Spuniknews
http://big5.sputniknews.cn
3.新闻标题
Obama Administration Halted $1B Arms Sale to Taiwan Before Exiting Office
欧巴马压下10亿美元对台军售
4.新闻内容︰
Despite the approval of both the Departments of Defense and of State to send a $1-billion weapons package to boost Taiwan’s border defenses along the controversial Taiwan Strait, the deal was quietly blocked during the lame duck period of the Obama administration, the Washington Free Beacon reports.
A Taiwanese Air Force official previously claimed that Taiwan had been “the first country in the world" to upgrade their legacy F-16 A/B jets into F-16Vs. But according to the Free Beacon report, parts and equipment necessary for the F-16 upgrades were included in an arms package blocked under the watch of President Barack Obama.
The new report casts doubt on the claims that Taiwan’s 143 F-16s have completed renovations. Once upgraded, the F-16Vs will match the capabilities of China’s J-20 stealth aircraft, defense minister Feng Shih-Kuan said. Sputnik later reported that the F-16 upgrades would occur over the next six years.
The new US administration “takes America’s commitment to Taiwan’s security very seriously,” a White House official told the Free Beacon. The Drumpf administration is working on a new package for Taiwan that provides “more” and “better” defensive equipment, the report noted.
The White House plans to wait until after Drumpf meets Chinese President Xi Jingping at Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach to formally announce the new package, a person familiar with the situation told the Free Beacon.
The shipment to Taiwan is likely to include missile systems. On January 27, Sputnik reported that Raytheon had secured a $12.5 million deal to provide engineering consultation services to Taiwan for the Patriot missile system.
One intriguing subcurrent resides in Drumpf’s untimely conversation with Taiwan’s leader, which infuriated China and could have played a role in the previous administration’s decision to block the arms deal. Drumpf later backed off from his posture that, according to Beijing, threatened its ‘One China’ policy. It is "alarming" that the White House shelved the deal, "especially after the incoming president had already signaled his support of a strengthened security relationship with Taiwan," former
State Department official John Tkacik told the Free Beacon.
Despite the approval of both the Departments of Defense and of State to send a $1-billion weapons package to boost Taiwan’s border defenses along the controversial Taiwan Strait, the deal was quietly blocked during the lame duck period of the Obama administration, the Washington Free Beacon reports.
A Taiwanese Air Force official previously claimed that Taiwan had been “the first country in the world" to upgrade their legacy F-16 A/B jets into F-16Vs. But according to the Free Beacon report, parts and equipment necessary for the F-16 upgrades were included in an arms package blocked under the watch of President Barack Obama.
The new report casts doubt on the claims that Taiwan’s 143 F-16s have completed renovations. Once upgraded, the F-16Vs will match the capabilities of China’s J-20 stealth aircraft, defense minister Feng Shih-Kuan said. Sputnik later reported that the F-16 upgrades would occur over the next six years.
US Army armament crew specialist Michael Mayo, from Florida, loads the rocket pod of an an Apache AH-64D attack helicopter also armed with Hellfire missiles at left US Dominates Global Weapons Market, Ranks First In Sales
The new US administration “takes America’s commitment to Taiwan’s security very seriously,” a White House official told the Free Beacon. The Drumpf administration is working on a new package for Taiwan that provides “more” and “better” defensive equipment, the report noted.
The White House plans to wait until after Drumpf meets Chinese President Xi Jingping at Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach to formally announce the new package, a person familiar with the situation told the Free Beacon.
The shipment to Taiwan is likely to include missile systems. On January 27, Sputnik reported that Raytheon had secured a $12.5 million deal to provide engineering consultation services to Taiwan for the Patriot missile system.
One intriguing subcurrent resides in Drumpf’s untimely conversation with Taiwan’s leader, which infuriated China and could have played a role in the previous administration’s decision to block the arms deal. Drumpf later backed off from his posture that, according to Beijing, threatened its ‘One China’ policy. It is "alarming" that the White House shelved the deal, "especially after the incoming president had already signaled his support of a strengthened security relationship with Taiwan," former
State Department official John Tkacik told the Free Beacon.
The deal to upgrade the F-16s was completed in 2011, rendering Washington’s failure to show leadership in accelerating F-16 development "extremely disappointing," said Rick Fisher, a senior analyst covering Asian military topics at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.
Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas agreed with Fisher's assessment that Obama's decision to end the deal "at the 11th hour" was "nonsensical," the senator said in a statement Tuesday. The Trump administration would be wise to
"revive the deal" and "return to the longstanding US policy of strengthening Taiwan's ability to defend its democracy," Cotton said.
4.附注︰
重点翻译：
欧巴马看守政权压下10亿美元对台军售。
这批军火原计要用在F/16升级到F-16V，用来对抗中国的J-20匿踪军机。
本周二，米国阿肯色州出身的参议员Tom Cotton认为欧巴马“在11小时内冻结军售”之举“没有理性”，川普要“恢复该笔交易”、“长期支持台湾军事力量以保护其民主”才是明智。
心得
双手沾满人血的诺贝尔和平奖得主欧巴马这一生终于做对了这一件好事。
“民主至上、人权第一！”
一些疑问必须用放大镜检视一番。
米国若真想“捍卫台湾民主”的话，为什么50年来一直高价倾销次级军火进台湾
，而不比照以色列办理 - 免费赠送？
台湾的确是民主国家，以色列则不是后者是不折不扣的民主与人权捣蛋国、国际一级战犯组织。
事实如此，那么，米国为何高价兜售台湾军火、抽你我口袋里的存款，却
免费赠送严重侵犯、亵渎民主的以色列杀人凶器？
真相只有一个：
以色列收买米国全部政客，但台湾没有（财力）收买人数庞大、贪得无餍的
米国腐败政客（又名：军火商的御用掮客、业务代表、salesmen)。
===参考资料===
(0) 美国的扩张主义与台湾的命运 160年来美台关系的回顾：
http://ow.ly/qeGu309lNLg
(1) http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/08/04/israel-a-cornered-rat/
“Israel: A Cornered Rat
被逼到墙角的以色列鼠辈
以色列殖民美国。以色列很强、所向无敌、有一卡车的核子武器、炸弹、Dense Inert Metal Explosive、白磷弹和非法或实验武器，想杀多少巴勒斯坦平人，就杀多少。”
磷弹有何作用？
* 美军在伊拉克用磷弹烧平民伊拉克，受害者的衣服留下来，人却被烧到尸骨无存。关键字：“US phosphorus Iraq”。
* 乌克兰动乱中，有人指控：磷弹掉在地面烧24小时。
磷弹不能用水灭。它会把人体烧进骨头：
"White phosphorous cannot be put out with the use of water" and it will "burn through one’s body to the bone"
http://rt.com/news/165628-ukraine-incendiary-bombs-phosphorus/
(2) 以色列屠杀巴勒斯坦人，美国、北约、欧盟、沙特阿拉伯、埃及不吭声（默许？赞助？）：
https://tinyurl.com/ocm9586
(3) 2014年，以色列烂炸弹丸之地，加萨走廊（注：加萨走廊之所以成为弹丸之地，是因为以色列长期侵占巴勒斯坦人原有土地所致），屠杀巴勒斯坦平民2500人。屠杀后，恐怖份子首脑Netanyahoo还大摇大摆去米国立法院宣扬其“中东唯一民主”，“民主大哥、人权至上”的米国国会议员全体肃立，数次打断国际一级战犯Netanyahoo的演讲，鼓掌叫好：
“Benjamin Netanyahu addresses US Congress”：
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-03-03/standing-ovation-for-israels-netanyahu-in-us-congress/
(4)美国每年卖日本军火200亿元台币
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/japan/japan-agrees-to-five-year-pact-to-pay-for-u-s-defense-1.128712
(5) 2016-9-15日：
“U.S., Israel sign $38 billion military aid package
米国免费送以色列380亿美元军火”
(6)维基百科：“Israel - United States military relations
米国与以色列的军事关系”：
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_military_relations
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