TheRealNews: Bernie Sanders: End U.S. Arms Sales to Saudis and Support for its Yemen War

[Donkees]

Published on Dec 2, 2018
Sen. Sanders joins Paul Jay to discuss his Senate resolution to end US support for the Saudi war in Yemen

[George II]

1. It is Chris Murphy's Resolution, he wrote it! Sanders and Lee merely co-sponsored it.

MURPHY STATEMENT AFTER SENATE ADVANCES WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO END U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN WAR IN YEMEN

Wednesday, november 28, 2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday released a statement following today’s vote to advance the bipartisan joint resolution he introduced with U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) that would remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis in Yemen pursuant to the War Powers Act. Earlier today, Murphy delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate urging his colleagues to support his resolution to end U.S. involvement in this humanitarian crisis.

“The Saudis are our ally, but we don't blindly support our friends when their values and interests conflict with ours. The Saudi war in Yemen has gone off the rails and their disregard for human life has become impossible to ignore. Today's breakthrough vote in the Senate is a signal to the administration that they must quickly reorient their policy toward Saudi Arabia or Congress will do it for them," said Murphy.

"I'm gratified by how much bipartisan support we got for today's motion. Just two years ago, only 27 Senators supported a narrower measure to block a single arms sale. Fast forward to today where a bipartisan group of 63 Senators stood up to Saudi Arabia and the administration to advance legislation that would immediately end U.S. military participation in the war in Yemen,” Murphy continued.

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2. Thanks for posting this, George.