Congress Is Likely to Halt Saudi Arms Sales, Key Senator Says (1 Viewer)

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October 14 2022 | BNN Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- Congress is likely to halt weapons sales to Saudi Arabia in response to the OPEC+ decision to slash oil production, Senator Chris Coons, a close ally of President Joe Biden, said Friday.

“I think you’ll see both the administration and the Senate take action, and one of the most likely actions is to stop any future arms sales,” Coons, a Foreign Relations Committee member, said in a CNN interview.

His remarks show building momentum in the Democrat-controlled Congress to curtail military assistance as a way of punishing Saudi Arabia for the slash in production targets, which the Riyadh-led cartel announced about a month before the November midterm elections.

The Democratic senator called the oil-production cut “a punch in the gut” that helps Russia “fund their war of aggression against Ukraine.”

Coons, who represents Biden’s home state of Delaware, spoke days after Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat who chairs the Foreign Relations panel, called for a “freeze” of all aspects of the US-Saudi relationship including “arms sales and security cooperation” beyond what is necessary to defend US personnel and interests.

Biden earlier this week announced his administration would undertake a review of its relationship with Saudi Arabia. Biden said the kingdom would suffer unspecified “consequences.” He did not, however, say whether arms sales could be stopped and did not announce a time frame for completion of the review.

Any proposal that blocks additional arms sales could leave room for allowing assistance like support for contractors and spare-part shipments to proceed, without which the Saudis would be unable to maintain their sizable arsenal of US military equipment.

Biden could also veto any legislation blocking or limiting arms sales to Saudi Arabia, like Donald Trump did as president in 2019. Some national security experts have cautioned against such a move, saying it would hurt the Saudis’ fight against Iran-backed proxies in Yemen and across the region. Republicans could also allow the sales to proceed if they take control of Congress after the November elections.

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[wiggins]

The outcome of this will be a Saudi airforce with nice new squadrons of Mig 29's and Russian armor. All paid for, like Russian oil and gas, in Rubles.

 

[D.O.A.]

Biden is the dumbest, weakest president Americans ever elected. Now oil will cost you even more because you can't drill your own 😂

 

[Fentanyl Floyd]

We should take it 10 steps further and nuke em, there's no Muslim country I hate more than Saudi Arabia

 

[SPHINCTERPUNCH]

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Well,they've gotta start that "Fucky Fucky" routine,Now that the Saudis R Suckin Russian Slombaz...Right???
🤙...SP

 

[WickedMal]

Biden is the dumbest, weakest president Americans ever elected. Now oil will cost you even more because you can't drill your own 😂

I wish he would die, but the aftermath of that might be worse than it is now...

 

[Damo0666™️]

The UK and other countries will happily fill the void 🤷‍♂️ Biden is one dumb cunt 😴

 

[Racist Bastard]

I wish he would die, but the aftermath of that might be worse than it is now...

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Ya then we would have that cackling nigger as POTUS

 

[mrln]

fuck saudi. just not buy oil from them any more. not like THEY are the only country we get it from.
let them and russia play fuck-fuck with one another.
just cut ties with the whole desert!
every president has kissed saudis ass.

 

[wiggins]

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