In mid-December, the Obama Administration made a surprise last minute move to freeze the sales of certain “precision munitions” to Saudi Arabia, related to concerns about the soaring number of civilians being killed in Saudi airstrikes in their war in Yemen.
Reports out of the State Department today suggest the Trump Administration is about to reverse this, with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson having already given approval for full resumption of arms sales, and President Trump seen ready to sign off on it any day now.
There is no sign that the move involves any change to Saudi Arabia’s targeting standards, as indeed Saudi airstrikes hitting civilians remain a problem as the ongoing Yemen War enters its third year, but rather reflects the new administration being less concerned with the growing human rights violations there.
There have been recurring concerns that Saudi warplanes killing Yemen civilians, with American-made planes, American-made bombs, and Pentagon-refueling operations, might put America in a negative light in Yemen. At this point however, officials seem to have decide that ship has long since sailed, and that they are in for a penny, or a pound.
A deal’s a deal and that deal was made by the Obama administration. But hey, they look like Shriners! And everybody loves the Shriners!
What a disappointment Trump is becoming
What kind of southern fried goober would have thought he would be any better?
Trump will do the most inhumane and brutal thing of course.
Good, now that Trump owns the Yemen war, maybe he can explain what the vital national interest there is in backing the House of Saud in this massacre. But the press is not interested in asking questions about policy.