By vetoing War Powers Act, Trump again proves he’s the servant of Saudi Arabia

[Peace Piper]

17 Apr, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, has called President Donald Trump’s decision to veto a bill seeking to end US support for the Yemen war nothing less than proof he serves Saudi Arabia.

By vetoing the bill dubbed the War Powers Act, Trump again “proves he’s the servant of Saudi Arabia – the theocratic dictatorship spending billions spreading the most extreme and intolerant form of Islam around the world, supporting al-Qaeda & other jihadists, and waging genocidal war in Yemen with US help,” Gabbard said in an emotional tweet.

The War Powers resolution, approved in the House of Representatives in April and the Senate in March, was vetoed by President Donald Trump, who said it was an “unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American citizens and brave service members.”

In the video that accompanies the tweet, Gabbard is heard saying that the US is complicit “in this genocide that’s causing millions of people to starve and suffer.” She accused Trump of being “more interested in pleasing the Saudis that doing what is right.” More... https://www.rt.com/usa/456827-trump-...saudi-gabbard/

[IMG]https://static01.********/images/2017/05/23/world/23orb/23orb-jumbo.jpg[/IMG]
Buffoon in Chief channels Miss Cleo

How many more years and trillions of dollars are Americans going to allow to be pissed away in wars that are making Americans LESS SAFE?

What is your congress-criminals score on this test?

[RonZeplin]

It's all about the Benjamins baby.



You can't run a campaign on starving Yemeni, Syrian, Iran, Libyan, Venezuelian, etc kids, they're a dime a dozen.

[AZJoe]

Trump's Pompeo Shamefully Covers for the Bonesaw Saudis Again

Pompeo has just proven once again that there is nothing the Trump administration won’t do to cover for Saudi Arabia …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blocked the inclusion of Saudi Arabia on a U.S. list of countries that recruit child soldiers, dismissing his experts’ findings that a Saudi-led coalition has been using under-age fighters in Yemen’s civil war …

Pompeo has made a habit of overruling State Department experts when their recommendations don’t line up with the administration’s preference for giving the Saudis whatever they want. Last fall, he overruled them to make the bogus certification that the Saudi coalition was making an effort to reduce civilian casualties, and now he has overruled them to pretend that the Saudi coalition doesn’t use child soldiers when there is ample evidence … Pompeo is doing it as a favor to a despotic regime because it happens to buy a lot of U.S.-made weapons. …

The argument goes that we must arm anyone who is not Iran. … even bone-saw-wielding countries brazen enough to kill a dissident in a foreign consulate. … we’ll still give you arms. …

The Saudis now spend more on their military than the Russians. The Saudis have the third-largest amount of military spending in the world….The Saudis and their Gulf allies spend eight times more than Iran. …

What are the Saudis doing with all the weapons we give them? Well, for one, they’re bombing civilians in Yemen. … we have no business aiding the Saudis in this massacre. The Saudis have used these bombs to bomb a funeral procession. They wounded over 400…a funeral procession! … and killed 150. The Saudis recently bombed and killed 40 children on a school bus. The Saudis, with our support, continue to blockade one of the main ports of Yemen. As a consequence … 17 million people live on the edge of starvation. In addition, the Saudis indiscriminately fed arms into the Syrian civil war. …

Saudis cannot be trusted with U.S. weapons. We know in advance that they will be used to commit war crimes, and we know that some of the weapons provided to the Saudis and Emiratis will eventually end up in the hands of Al Qaeda …

The Saudis and Emiratis use the Sudanese recuits as cannon fodder while they remain safely in the rear… Many are ages 14 to 17. … To keep a safe distance from the battle lines, their Saudi or Emirati overseers commanded the Sudanese fighters almost exclusively by remote control, directing them to attack or retreat through radio headsets and GPS systems …

Following reports like these that the Saudi coalition has been using child soldiers recruited from Sudan, the State Department’s experts recommended adding Saudi Arabia to the list …

There is no question that Saudi Arabia recruits child soldiers to fight in Yemen, and there is no question that it is an outrageous practice that deserves to be condemned by our government. There is also no question that the Trump administration is interested only in catering to Saudi Arabia and the UAE no matter the cost to our interests, values, or reputation.