A bipartisan amendment at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is seeking to halt all sales of bombs and other air-to-ground munitions to Saudi Arabia until the Kingdom promises to take precautions to limit the number of civilians they kill.
The amendment, co-sponsored by Sens. Chris Murphy (D – CT) and Rand Paul (R – KY), also calls on the Saudis to agree to combat al-Qaeda as part of the Yemen War, which they launched in March of 2015 in an attempt to reinstall former President Hadi.
Sen. Murphy noted that the US involvement in the Saudi War is damaging their credibility internationally, and says that “every single civilian death inside Yemen is attributable to the United States” so long as the US continues to take part.
At the same time, Murphy conceded that there likely would not be enough support to stop US involvement in the war outright, but hoped that the amendment would see Congress exercises at least some oversight on the conflict.
“…US involvement in the Saudi War is damaging their credibility internationally…”
Oh Pulease…Murphy doesn’t care about the US’s credibility. If he did, he’d be campaigning to get the US out of all its overseas misadventures. And as for Paul, he’s just trying to become relevant again.
Will never happen. We sell arms to our “allies”
How about we hold our military and government accountable for the weapons they have already sold them, how about one better we hold Saudi Arabia ACCOUNTABLE for 9-11? Oh that is right the USA and Saudi Arabia like to sleep with each other and cause more destruction on the WHOLE world. Both countries are cowards and should be on trial for the MURDER of millions of people.
Our whole SENATE should be on trial for ever allowing weapons to be sold to a hostile country such as Saudi Arabia. How many USA weapons does ISIS hold in its arsenal that the USA just ran off and left during their last illegal war in the middle east? Guess the military doesn’t care as long as the USA keeps throwing people in prison and forcing them to work as slave laborers for the military. When the people finally get some backbone and stand up to this corrupt government, we will get change. Not before.
Anyone that wants to move to the USA wants to become a coward. That is all this country is. Move to a country that educates, instead of throwing you in prison and dumbs down your children. Watch Michael Moore’s movie “Where to invade next” This shows why USA is so frigging ignorant, especially our leaders. I dare Americans to watch the movie. It will educate the people that have no education right now regarding some of the rest of the world, meaning the 99% of us that the USA government has left to hang out and dry for their corruption.