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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (42495)	10/4/2000 9:19:23 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

The Bush administration was criticized as overly lenient to China at the time by some: security-policy.org From the above: Weapon Sales As the Center pointed out last year,(1) most of the government munitions sales are not scheduled for delivery in any event until at least 1991. Until recently, work on all of them had gone forward apace. Last month, the largest sale -- a $502 million Chinese procurement from Grumman Corporation for 55 avionics kits to modernize the PRC's obsolescent F-8 fighter -- was canceled by the Chinese. One Bush Administration official, however, went to great lengths to emphasize that the cancellation of the deal was "not a direct result of any strategic reexamination of the relationship." Indeed, this acquisition had apparently simply become too rich for Beijing's taste, reportedly generating cost overruns in excess of $200 million. Three other military programs, totaling over $100 million are still in place, however, including artillery modernization programs (Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason Company and Hamilton Technology), four Mk-46 torpedoes (Honeywell) and two AN/TPQ 37 counter-artillery radars (Hughes Aircraft). None of these has been appreciably affected by the Bush sanctions policy. What is more, in order to ensure that those U.S. military export items that could have been affected by the President's sanctions were not impinged upon, the Bush Administration has made special exceptions in order to permit them to be transferred. For example, export licenses for three U.S. communications satellites made by Hughes Aircraft planned for launch by the Chinese were simply redefined to be "normal commercial exports," rather than belonging on the munitions list, despite the fact that extensive security safeguards were required for their transfer. On that grounds, these satellites were approved for shipment to China. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater tried to explain away this feat of semantic legerdemain by saying, "We recognize that some items captured in the suspension here have civilian applications and fall under the category of normal commercial exports." Yet another exception was made on 7 July 1989 when the Administration decided to grant a waiver allowing the transfer of four new 757-200 jets, equipped with sophisticated Honeywell navigation systems which are controlled on the munitions list. More on Bush administration foreign policy: security-policy.org