Authored by Jason Ditz viaAntiWar.com,
Sen. Rand Paul (R – KY) intends to force a vote in the Senate on the record US arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a deal which the Trump Administration has estimated will be worth some $350 billion over the decade.
Paul was expected to introduce the bill on Wednesday.
The Arms Export Control Act gives senators 10 days to bring up opposition to arms sales, and Paul will have to act particularly fast this time because the Senate is leaving Friday for the Memorial Day holiday, during which they take an entire week off.
Sen. Paul argued that increasing US armament of the Saudis would mean deeper US involvement in the Saudi invasion of Yemen. That of course is something many in the Trump Administration want at any rate, so for them that is seen as a bonus, if anything.
Sen. Paul has been supported in the past in trying to rein in Saudi arms sales by some Democrats, particularly Sen. Chris Murphy (D – CT). It is unclear at this point if he has much support, though the arms industry’s eagerness to secure this lucrative deal is likely to have them lobbying against his efforts.
I would be surprised if he gets any support at all. The MIC stocks are soaring. Let the good times roll!
Yemen has never presented even the slightest threat to the United States.
Why should we be even slightly involved in Saudi opposition to it?
I don’t trust Rand. There is some motive here. He is trying to look like the ‘voice of reason’ but I guarantee there is some other motive here that has nothing to do with common sense, reason, or opposition to the MIC. Most likely, just grandstanding, and the other crooks are just wink wink nod nodding, know this is an act, and they are just playing their part in the show.
All bullshit.
As ineffectual as his pappy.
hard to be effectual if you’re in the minority
Yemen and the rest of the Afro-Muslim bloc of nations pose the gravest threat to the West because of their birthrates. We have to start thinking strategically about these rotten hell holes.
Haiti has an earthquake and we end up with 58,000 legal refugees. OTOH Yemen has a civil war and our embassy gets shut down and Yemenis can’t even get a goddamned visa to travel to the US. That is a blessing. Add to that our ally, Saudi Arabia, can no longer spend their oil revenues on Mercedes, frolicking in Switzerland, London or Monte Carlo but must buy expensive precision guided munitions for the F-15s we sold them. What is wrong with that?