Congress votes to withdraw US support from Saudi-led Yemen war

[Itsback]

The US House of Representatives has voted in favor of ending US involvement in the war in Yemen, but the bill is expected to be vetoed by President Donald Trump as the White House cites “serious constitutional concerns.”

The House voted 247-175 in favor of the resolution to direct Trump to end US military involvement in the war within 30 days and to end support for the Saudi-led coalition that it has been backing. Congress is “no longer going to ignore its constitutional obligations when it comes to foreign policy,” said Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, adding that the war in Yemen, now in its fifth year, “demands moral leadership.”

https://www.rt.com/news (https://www.rt.com/news/455571-congress-votes-to-withdraw-yemen/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications)

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but the bill is expected to be vetoed by President Donald Trump as the White House cites “serious constitutional concerns.”


Oh the irony

[ATruepatriot]

I don't think it will even get to his desk... The warhawk Senate will kill it.

[revgen]

Senate approves the measure.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?532456-Senate-votes-to-end-US-support-for-Yemen-war

If Trump vetoes, he's the one disobeying the Constitution.

Only Congress can declare war.

If he vetoes, it might open up impeachment proceedings and expose the real country he has been colluding with all along. Saudi Arabia.

I doubt he wants that. Especially in an upcoming election year.

[ATruepatriot]

Senate approves the measure.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?532456-Senate-votes-to-end-US-support-for-Yemen-war

If Trump vetoes, he's the one disobeying the Constitution.

Only Congress can declare war.

If he vetoes, it might open up impeachment proceedings and expose the real country he has been colluding with all along. Saudi Arabia.

I doubt he wants that. Especially in an upcoming election year.

I absolutely stand corrected, I missed that they already did! Looks like it's going to his desk then. Thank you for putting me straight.

[Firestarter]

The US House of Representatives has voted in favor of ending US involvement in the war in Yemen, but the bill is expected to be vetoed by President Donald Trump as the White House cites “serious constitutional concerns.” As it allows the US army to continue to fight “al Qaeda or associated forces” (that’s probably anybody with supposed ties to Iran) I don't even think that Trump has any reason to veto the bill...


Pursuant to section 1013 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (50 U.S.C. 1546a (http://uscode.house.gov/quicksearch/get.plx?title=50&section=1546a)) and in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–329; 90 Stat. 765), Congress hereby directs the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in or affecting the Republic of Yemen, except United States Armed Forces engaged in operations directed at al Qaeda or associated forces https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/54/text

[Firestarter]

On 24 July, President Donald Trump vetoed 3 congressional resolutions aimed at blocking selling billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Secretary of state Mike Pompeo had argued that threats from Iran are more than enough reason to approve the $8.1 billion arms sale to the 2 genocidal US allies in the Middle East.

The toothless US Congress spoke a lot of empty big words, but won´t do anything to stop the ongoing sale of weapons.
House foreign affairs committee chairman Eliot Engel said for example:
The president’s veto sends a grim message that America’s foreign policy is no longer rooted in our core values – namely a respect for human rights – and that he views Congress not as a co-equal branch of government, but an irritant to be avoided or ignored. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/25/donald-trump-vetoes-bills-prohibiting-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia

[Pauls' Revere]

Whoops.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/under-shroud-of-secrecy-us-weapons-arrive-in-yemen-despite-congressional-outrage/ar-AAJUQEt?ocid=spartandhp

Under shroud of secrecy US weapons arrive in Yemen despite Congressional outrage

The awkward camera angle is meant to hide the fact that the owner of the phone is filming, but there is no mistaking the outlines of the heavy cargo being deposited on the dock in the Yemeni port of Aden last week.

The distinctive shape of the US-made Oshkosh armored vehicle stands out in the early morning darkness, a piece of military hardware that is currently at the heart of a standoff between some American lawmakers and President Donald Trump's administration.

Aden is controlled by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, whose main partners are continuing to ship American-made weapons into the country despite bipartisan outrage in Congress over the way the US is backing Riyadh in this bloody and bitter conflict.

This footage showing the unloading of a variety of US-made arms -- which was filmed illicitly at the offloading site, then obtained and verified by CNN -- is itself contentious. Multiple witnesses told CNN that Yemeni authorities, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, have been arresting and questioning those they suspect of leaking it to the media.

Using whistleblower accounts and port documents CNN has identified the ship which offloaded the US weaponry in Aden last week as the Saudi-registered Bahri Hofuf. Looking at tracking data, the vessel's last recorded location was in the Saudi port of Jeddah on September 17, before it sailed to Port Sudan, arriving the following day.
After this, the boat's tracking system was switched off, before it appeared again under the cover of darkness in Aden on October 29.
Secrecy surrounds the flow of weaponry to Yemen's conflict that as of October 31 has killed more than 100,000 people since 2015, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.

[enhanced_deficit]

I'm not a big fan of Deep Globalist Neocons supported wras but if there are any oild fileds there, we may have to send troops there to guard those.