Dem senator: Trump's arms deal with Saudis a 'terrible idea'

[riversedge]

Source: the hill






By Olivia Beavers - 05/20/17 01:51 PM EDT



Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Saturday slammed the $110 billion defense deal President Trump signed with Saudi Arabia, saying the U.S. is relying on a country with "the worst human rights record in the region" to bring peace and security to the Middle East.

“It appears the Trump administration is counting on the country with the worst human rights record in the region to enforce peace and security in the Middle East," Murphy wrote in a Huffington Post op-ed criticizing the deal. "The arms sale is a terrible idea."

Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the Kingdom has repeatedly used U.S.-provided weapons against civilians in the region, citing attacks on Yemen during its civil war.

“Obama withheld precision-guided munitions because the Saudis were using U.S.-provided munitions to repeatedly target civilian and humanitarian sites in their bombing campaign inside Yemen, despite regular protests from the United States," Murphy wrote. ........................................................

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/334390-dem-senator-calls-trumps-arms-deal-with-saudis-a-terrible-idea

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Anything for a deal from #DontheCon.

[EX500rider]

1. "the worst human rights record in the region" Might be over selling it a bit..

....while Saudi sucks on human rights, Syria is a whole nother level worse in the human rights dept.

[MedusaX]

2. As if 45 gives a f*ck about what the Saudi's do with their purchases...

Donnie & Jared want to be loooooved by Saudi's
So they can acquire more wealth for themselves...

And they have never been able to play the role of
'Arms Dealer'.... until now...

Ethics.... political concerns... human rights... BFD!
they don't fucking care ....

This is purely a combination of Bid-ness and fulfilling personal fantasies.....

[joshdawg]

5. Yes! This!

Thanks for saying that. It needed to be said.

[pink]

3. If that's Trump's contribution to world peace.....

I would hate to see what else he has up his sleeve for the remainder of his presidency

[angstlessk]

4. Didn't tillerson say we don't need no stinking human rights?

Tillerson should listen to McCain on human rights:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/05/09/tillerson-should-listen-to-mccain-on-human-rights/

Tillerson downplays human rights in U.S. foreign relations:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/tillerson-downplays-human-rights-in-us-foreign-relations-2017-05-03