Authored by Darius Shahtahmasebi via TheAntiMedia.org,
According to a press release released Friday by the office of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Sen. Rand Paul has introduced their bill, the Stop Arming Terrorists Act, in the U.S. Senate. The bipartisan legislation (H.R.608 and S.532) aims to prohibit any federal agency from using taxpayer dollars to provide weapons, cash, intelligence, or any support to al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other terrorist groups.
It would also prohibit the government from funneling money and weapons through other countries that are directly or indirectly supporting terrorists.
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“For years, the U.S. government has been supporting armed militant groups working directly with and often under the command of terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda in their fight to overthrow the Syrian government. Rather than spending trillions of dollars on regime change wars in the Middle East, we should be focused on defeating terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda, and using our resources to invest in rebuilding our communities here at home.”
She continued:
“The fact that American taxpayer dollars are being used to strengthen the very terrorist groups we should be focused on defeating should alarm every Member of Congress and every American. We call on our colleagues and the Administration to join us in passing this legislation.
Rand Paul provided much-needed support for the bill, stating:
“One of the unintended consequences of nation-building and open-ended intervention is American funds and weapons benefiting those who hate us. This legislation will strengthen our foreign policy, enhance our national security, and safeguard our resources.”
The legislation is currently co-sponsored by Reps. John Conyers (D-MI); Scott Perry (R-PA); Peter Welch (D-VT; Tom Garrett (R-VA); Thomas Massie (R-KY); Barbara Lee (D-CA); Walter Jones (R-NC); Ted Yoho (R-FL); and Paul Gosar (R-AZ). It is endorsed by Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), Veterans for Peace, and the U.S. Peace Council.
One of Trump’s campaign narratives that resonated deeply with his voter base was an anti-radical Islam agenda, which separated him from Clinton’s campaign as he vowed to “bomb the shit” out of ISIS-controlled oil fields. However, his voter base may or may not be somewhat disillusioned now given that he just approved an arms sale to Saudi Arabia that was so controversial it was even blocked by Obama, a president who made a literal killing from arms sales to the oil-rich kingdom (ISIS adheres to Saudi Arabia’s twisted form of Wahhabist philosophy).
In the context of recent events, whether or not the Trump administration will get fully behind Gabbard’s bill remains to be seen. But considering the Trump administration is directly sending American troops to fight in Syrian territory, perhaps the various rebel groups on the ground have outlived their usefulness and the bill will be allowed to proceed unimpeded.
Had we never gotten involved in Iraq there never would have been an ISIS.
Trillions of dollars and the seeds of the next Great War sown all in one go.
US military involvement overseas should begin and end with protecting our embassies, and US ships in international waters.
The stated purpose of the bill is solid. Gabbard’s statement about it, though, still gets it wrong where she says:
“we should be focused on defeating terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda,”.
Making any support for those kinds of groups illegal should be enough. Both ISIS and Al Qaeda are creatures of the US government. Neither would have any power at all without US funding and weapons supply. The Saudis could throw all the money they want to groups like this and they’d still fail without the support of US agencies.
Sending US troops to fight them is the desired end result of those who create and support such groups. Starving them would eliminate the pretext for the GWOT.
50 thumbs young man. You are ever so correct.
Meanwhile McCain and graham have introduced their bill to make the Caliph of ISIS a cabinet-level position in the US executive branch.
We do not care for those two boys.
They are comic relief, but they do need to be
held accountable for their crimes.
Hang em high Susanna gets my vote
So Rand and Tulsi are going to sponsor a bill to stop “Them”. How adorable. I’m sure They’re just shaking in their jack-boots.
Baby steps, CC, baby steps. At least they’re a contrast to McCain and his sweetie.
LOL. Agreed they are much better-But that’s a pretty low bar. I hope you’re right Capn but when They want a war, They get it. Don’t you suppose vast numbers of Americans are against the introduction of Marines in Syria? So what? They’re on their way.