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2022-10-16 Government Corruption

Dems Move To Transfer Air Defense Systems From Saudis To Ukraine As Punishment

[ZERO] A group of leading Congressional Democrats are seeking to punish longtime US ally Saudi Arabia for the latest "shock" oil output cuts recently announced by OPEC, which was taken by the Biden administration as a direct slap in the face and shot across the bow.

Senator Chris Murphy and Rep. Ro Khanna are leading the charge to get advanced anti-air missile systems which the Pentagon has stationed in Saudi Arabia removed and transferred to Ukraine. The systems were sent there over the past several years following an uptick in missile and drone attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebel attacks on Saudi cities and energy infrastructure coming from the south.
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Murphy announced in a Thursday statement, "For several years, the US military has deployed Patriot missile defense batteries to Saudi Arabia to help defend oil infrastructure against missile and drone attacks. These advanced air and missile defense systems should be re-deployed to bolster the defenses of eastern flank NATO allies like Poland and Romania — or transferred to our Ukrainian partners."

As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Murphy also lent his voice to ongoing calls to "freeze new military aid to Saudi Arabia" - which would possibly impact the pending sale and transfer of Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to Riyadh based on a previously approved contract of $650 million

"Policy decisions have consequences, and these steps would right-size [the] relationship with Saudi Arabia and help Ukraine," he said this week. The Congressional movement to drastically reevaluate and change the US-Saudi arms relationship has gained traction ever since the October 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as well as growing alarm over Saudi massacres in Yemen and the dire humanitarian situation.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-10-16 03:18|| || Front Page|| [19 views ] Top
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Posted by NN2N1 2022-10-16 07:30|| 2022-10-16 07:30|| Front Page Top

#2 ...I understand the Venezuelans have government experts in ~~ruining~~ running the oil business.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-10-16 07:42|| 2022-10-16 07:42|| Front Page Top

#3 After the last thirteen years or so of lowering oil production in the United States, they're angry that Saudi Arabia is doing the same thing there?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-10-16 17:03|| 2022-10-16 17:03|| Front Page Top

#4 This is a joke, right? Right??

Posted by Harcourt Gloger1940 2022-10-16 20:49|| 2022-10-16 20:49|| Front Page Top

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