Posted on 12/09/2020 12:46:42 AM PST by RandFan
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a leader of the bipartisan push to block the Trump administration’s sale of F-35 fighter jets and other weaponry to the United Arab Emirates, said Tuesday that the push will likely fail to pass the Senate.
“I think there’ll be a significant vote not to sell the F-35s. I don’t know what significant means,” Paul, who has expressed concerns over the UAE’s human rights record and involvement in the conflict in Yemen, told reporters on Capitol Hill. “I think it’s a long shot to win.”
Paul explained that — despite the Senate’s vote to block an arms sale to Saudi Arabia last year, in which several Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the measure — such rebukes are rare, even in the most controversial of conflicts.
“That was historic and really not, I think, understood by enough people how big of a deal that was for Congress to vote against the president selling arms,” he said. “Even in Vietnam, there were very few times in the very unpopular war with 50,000 people dying, they very rarely rebuked any of the presidents.”
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If we don’t sell them F-35’s they’ll buy Eurofighter Typhoons or Dassaults with nearly Zero US content.
Rand cares about Human rights abuses, but nobody with an I-phone in their pocket or has Disney+ or watches the NBA is doing much about them.
If people want Yemen to get out of the stone age, they should stop giving money to Iran which is actively trying to bring the stone age back, because in a stone age world, a guy with a steel sword is king.
If we don’t sell them F-35’s they’ll buy Eurofighter Typhoons or Dassaults with nearly Zero US content.
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I think you make a good point. I’m torn on this. I’m not against commerce and trade...
There perhaps needs to be some guarantee that the weapons won’t be used to oppress.
whatever technology we sell is surely resold to our enemies in no time.
F35 was a misguided development and purchase. It’s so expensive, it’s almost a trojan horse to sell it now.
Look at the UAS fight in the Nagorno-Karabakh.
A vite againt bad policy and corporatism is not a “rebuke”. Stand with Rand.
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