Squad's Ilhan Omar warns US sending Ukraine weapons could be 'disastrous'-The Democratic congresswoman argued it would be difficult to ensure where weapons might end up

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Listen to this article 0:00 / 1:30 1X BeyondWords The Biden administration has made it clear that the U.S. will not fight in Ukraine, opting instead to provide assistance in the form of arms to the Ukrainians, but Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., argues that even this is too much.

In a Twitter post Tuesday morning, the Minnesota congresswoman claimed that it would be difficult to know where American weapons might end up.

"The consequences of flooding Ukraine with billion dollars in [American] weapons, likely not limited to just military-specific equipment but also including small arms + ammo, are unpredictable & likely disastrous," Omar said. "Specially when they are given to paramilitary groups w/out accountability."

Omar has also warned that while the U.S. deals with Russia's aggression in Ukraine, they should not form stronger ties to other countries with questionable records. On Sunday she pointed to an Axios report that Biden might travel to Saudi Arabia in order to get them to pump more oil, providing an alternative to Russian energy.

Omar said this would be "wildly immoral" due to Saudi Arabia's involvement in Yemen.

[SJackson]

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Maybe she can talk Joe into giving some to the Houthis. They don't like the Saudis either.

[qaz123]

But none of that mattered when Soetero, CornPop, Graham, and McCain were sending weapons to Libya and Syria.

[BenLurkin]

Thank you Captain Obvious.

[rdl6989]

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[rdl6989]

Isn’t she brilliant?

[no-to-illegals]

Shut up and go pet your suicide vest omar

[bigdaddy45]

Blind squirrel alert.

[blackdog]

Would that be Afghanistan she’s talking about? If so, she’s got a very good point.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

We know where the $80,000,000,000 of military equipment ended up in Afghanistan.

[V_TWIN]

Perhaps she should fly over and supervise

[blueunicorn6]

She might be making a threat.

If so, enemy of The United States.

[Theoria]

Stingers floating around major European airports will be fun for all.

[Jim Noble]

A broken clock is right twice a day.

[Bratch]

[dblshot]

Don’t remember AOC saying anything about the Bagram Air Base arms flea market.

[Joann37]

I was thinking the same thing – – broken clock time!

[dblshot]

Make that flee market, always like a pun.

[Dogbert41]

Like a broken clock.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

I’m more concerned about the $85 billion in weapons Brandon left the Taliban.