senate Bill S. Joint Res. 37
Should Congress Block the Sale of Laser Guidance Systems for Precision Bombs to the United Arab Emirates?
Argument in favor
The United Arab Emirates has played a key role in the Saudi-led coalition against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, a campaign which has featured appalling civilian casualties from strikes carried out by the coalition. Blocking this arms sale would encourage the coalition to rein in its tactics.
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07/29/2019
Yes, same answer as before— Yes, block the sale. Override trump’s veto. At least follow up on what you already voted for. Assert Congressional authority and honor the commitment which you have already made. It may be your last chance before trump asserts a imaginary national emergency, declares Marshall law and has you all imprisoned. You think this sounds extreme? That’s what we thought about each of his prior increasingly extreme actions which you have not challenged and now seem to be acceptable practice. Time for adults to collectively stand up to this bully and stop him from getting any worse. If party leadership wants to play politics instead- ignore them and do what you know is right...
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07/29/2019
Please don’t let this happen ! We need to hold him accountable for the death of our journalist
Argument opposed
The United Arab Emirates is a key U.S. ally in the Middle East and is fighting an Iran-backed insurgency that would further destabilize Yemen and exacerbate regional threats to civilian populations and international shipping. Selling the UAE laser guidance kits for precision bombs will help reduce civilian casualties.
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07/30/2019
I hope we never forget the perpetrators of 9/11 were all Saudi citizens. Why on earth should we help are our enemies. Remember an American journalist was recently murdered by Saudis as well. Vote to override the veto
07/29/2019
We need to support our allies in the region, keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. If were gonna stop Iran we must share the responsibility and not carry the load all by ourselves, they must share equally. #MAGA
Yes, same answer as before— Yes, block the sale. Override trump’s veto. At least follow up on what you already voted for. Assert Congressional authority and honor the commitment which you have already made. It may be your last chance before trump asserts a imaginary national emergency, declares Marshall law and has you all imprisoned. You think this sounds extreme? That’s what we thought about each of his prior increasingly extreme actions which you have not challenged and now seem to be acceptable practice. Time for adults to collectively stand up to this bully and stop him from getting any worse. If party leadership wants to play politics instead- ignore them and do what you know is right...
I hope we never forget the perpetrators of 9/11 were all Saudi citizens. Why on earth should we help are our enemies. Remember an American journalist was recently murdered by Saudis as well. Vote to override the veto
Please don’t let this happen ! We need to hold him accountable for the death of our journalist
This is a no brained! Block the sales of these arms to the UAE!
The UAE and Saudi Arabia are not our friends. They are only pretending to be our allies to get our support in a power struggle with Iran. We should not be involved in regional power struggles, and we definitely should ban weapons sales to states such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia that cause lots of civilian casualties for no reason.
We shouldn’t be in the business of aiding other countries to oppress and kill regardless of our oil objectives! No weapons for human right violators!
It is time we stopped dealing arms in the Middle East and left that place entirely. I do not understand why the U.S. was in the Middle East past the year 2008
Our policy should be that we do not sell weapons or anything military related to any country or foreign organization for any reason. Block the sale!
YES! Why even consider it? Same answer as for Saudi Arabia...the are NOT our friends... Jesus Christ - get a fucking brain!
The carnage in Yemen needs to end now. By selling arms to the Saudi coalition, we are party tocrimes against humanity.
Block all weapons sales to Middle East dictators. If these are America’s friends, we need new friends until these countries change. We should be encouraging them to become democracies.
Block sale of arms and related warfare items to UAE.
Thanks to Representative Crow for voting against this bill. Many thanks indeed.
How about we rephrase this... Should Republicans who endorse a president wanting to sell America's national security secrets AND weapons of mass destruction be re-elected?