Donald Trump has asserted rarely used emergency powers to sidestep congressional objections, and give the green light to an arms deal involving Saudi Arabia and the UAE....
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-saudi-arabia-deal-bombs-uae-arms-trade-congress-yemen-a8929741.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1558723707 (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-saudi-arabia-deal-bombs-uae-arms-trade-congress-yemen-a8929741.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1558723707)
Trump to bypass Congress to sell arms to Saudi, UAE: senator
AFP
Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump's administration is bypassing Congress to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, citing a threat from Iran, despite lawmakers' concerns about their possible use against civilians in Yemen, a senator said Friday.
Senator Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had used his powers to block sales of tens of thousands of precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, fearing they would contribute to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where the US allies are mounting an offensive.
But the administration informed lawmakers that it was going around a legally required review by Congress to approve the sales as part of a total of 22 arms transactions to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other nations, Menendez's office said.
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I always thought the best strategy was to sell arms to all of them and sit back and reap the rewards of raghead self destruction, kinda like we did in the Iran/Iraq war.
They are going to do that anyway.
If you want to really change everything, arm the oppressed women, not the governments.
I'd lean towards not selling these people these weapons. I think I saw elsewhere, the whole cost is very high, 11 billion or something.
Mr Trump evoked a rarely used aspect of federal law to push through the $8bn (£6bn) deal, which would ordinarily need to be approved by Congress.
He did so by declaring that ongoing tensions with Iran amounted to a national emergency.
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On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo notified Congress of the administration's decision to make the sale. In a letter, widely reported in US media, he said that "Iranian malign activity" required the "immediate sale" of weapons.
"[Iran's] activity poses a fundamental threat to the stability of the Middle East and to American security at home and abroad," he wrote.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48404923 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48404923)
I absolutely agree with you. No, we should not be arming them. How is it that Trump can get his hands on 11 billion to arm people in a foreign country but can't get 11 billion to build a wall in our own country??? 9999hair out0000
Senator Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, =ARTICLE
MENENDEZ....has been on corrupt list many time by JUDICIAL WATCH and is a pedo. I don't care what he thinks or any DEMON-RAT. IRAN IS THREATENING...OTHERS. TALK TO IRAN...MENENDEZ...or JOHN KERRY= HEINZ, Stooge...who has an islamist son- in law from Iran.
I absolutely agree with you. No, we should not be arming them. How is it that Trump can get his hands on 11 billion to arm people in a foreign country but can't get 11 billion to build a wall in our own country??? 9999hair out0000
I absolutely agree with you. No, we should not be arming them. How is it that Trump can get his hands on 11 billion to arm people in a foreign country but can't get 11 billion to build a wall in our own country??? 9999hair out0000
Because the $11B is coming from KSA, not the USA.
Senator Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, =ARTICLE
MENENDEZ....has been on corrupt list many time by JUDICIAL WATCH and is a pedo. I don't care what he thinks or any DEMON-RAT. IRAN IS THREATENING...OTHERS. TALK TO IRAN...MENENDEZ...or JOHN KERRY= HEINZ, Stooge...who has an islamist son- in law from Iran.
Because the $11B is coming from KSA, not the USA.
Got it ... I misread ...
Is Saudi Arabia driving war with Iran?
To the last American Soldier and $$$$.
As a reminder, Saudi Arabia quite often arms terrorist groups with the arms we supply them.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/saudi-arabia-uae-gave-weapons-al-qaeda-linked-groups-cnn-190205055102300.html (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/saudi-arabia-uae-gave-weapons-al-qaeda-linked-groups-cnn-190205055102300.html)
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-05/cnn-finally-discovers-where-all-those-us-saudi-coalition-weapons-end (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-05/cnn-finally-discovers-where-all-those-us-saudi-coalition-weapons-end)
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4778185/ksauae-arming-al-qaeda (https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4778185/ksauae-arming-al-qaeda)
https://www.salon.com/2016/10/11/leaked-hillary-clinton-emails-show-u-s-allies-saudi-arabia-and-qatar-supported-isis/ (https://www.salon.com/2016/10/11/leaked-hillary-clinton-emails-show-u-s-allies-saudi-arabia-and-qatar-supported-isis/)
I lean towards us NOT selling these weapons to Saudi Arabia.
There was a thread on this yesterday, here it is:
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,362834.msg1977953.html#msg1977953 (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,362834.msg1977953.html#msg1977953)
Anyway, Obama sold them arms, I think Canada and the UK currently sell them arms. Unless the President has information that we all don't, I"m against selling this but... at the same time, Saudi Arabia does need to defend themselves, the Houthi rebels in Yemen (Iranian proxies per some) fire off missiles towards Saudi Arabia. They are often intercepted. So, yes, Saudi Arabia has a war on its hands but perhaps, we could do better, perhaps tell them to make better their human rights.
I said at TOS, we really might have a shadow government that at least, on some things like this, tell the Prez. what to do.
Even if Clinton had a lot to do with attacking Libya via the air, that sure seemed like an un-Obama-like action.
Yes we do. His name is Jared Kushner. Its all tied to the ME Peace deal. He's been meeting with Jordan King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia and Israel. I think that Israel can't recognize the snake in the grass and neither can we. Because Saudi Arabia finances Palestinians.
Saudi Arabia ‘doesn’t care’ about the Palestinians as long as it can make a deal with Israel against Iran, says former Netanyahu advisor
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/25/saudi-arabia-doesnt-care-palestinians-long-can-make-deal-israel/ (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/25/saudi-arabia-doesnt-care-palestinians-long-can-make-deal-israel/)
(https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/trump-saudi-orb.jpg)
As a reminder, Saudi Arabia quite often arms terrorist groups with the arms we supply them.If Trump does it, it's good. Get with the program hippie. :nono: