Israeli - Russian Hardware Deal

Every week, I select Shalom TV from my Comcast OnDemend menu, and watch their weekly Israel report. About ten minutes of news straight from Israel (although broadcast here in the states from what I understand), presently the most volatile place on the planet. It makes for some informative watching, and yesterday I was informed that Israel is selling unmanned spy drones to Russia. They just sealed the deal the other day. For some reason, Russia is suddenly all out of recon planes, and Israel was selling. Coincidentally, these are the same planes the Israelis sold to Georgia, who used them against Russia in their short-lived conflict. Now Shalom seemed to think that the Russians just needed to stock up, but to me, it is more likely that the only reason Russia bought these planes form Israel was to halt the hardware being sold to Georgia, and discourage any other countries in the region like Azerbaijan, from doing similar. I mean, they've got to have some old Cold War surplus, right? Nevertheless, this is undoubtedly all part of Russia's desperate bid to regain influence in the oil-rich Caucuses, but I'm not concerned with this.

What I am concerned with are the circumstances surrounding this sale. Your first thought was probably,

"Wait, isn't Israel our ally? And shouldn't we be opposed to this sale?

My first thought was, "Of course. More proof that Israel is not our ally, but in fact simply a tool that the U.S. has bought with arms funding to gain influence in the region. Money won't buy absolute allegiance."

Then however, I remembered that due to the security pact between the two nations in 2006, the United Stated had to okay the sale, which they did, and this was confirmed later on in Shalom's broadcast. It seems that we did this out of a desire to improve relations with Russia, and I don't like it at all. Russia, and their dictator Putin, have proved time and time again that they have absolutely no interest in becoming a positive contributor in the international community. Why should we try to improve relations?