To assess the reasonableness of Israel's opposition to the proposed sale, and to understand the sale's significance against the background of emerging regional and global threats to US national security interests, it is worthwhile to revisit US actions toward Israel and Saudi Arabia during the Cold War when checking Soviet expansion worldwide was the main goal of US foreign policy.
In a petition on its website, the group says it agrees with the goal of the legislation, but argues that mandatory patient record checking, prescription reporting, and penalties for physicians who fail to do so would create undue administrative burdens for doctors.