re: Trump to use emergency authority to bypass Congress and sell arms to Saudi Arabia

Seems like a bad move from a bird's eye view. But we most likely don't have all the information to know if it's the right decision or not.

If we could just limit it to selling weapons of there, that would be a huge win.

No, but I’m not in the loop of the goings on behind the scenes. I’m confident that he did it for the right reasons. He deserves the benefit.

And then they'll pay us to keep them operational!

Wonder how many of these weapons are gonna end up in the hands of terrorists? Great job Mr. President

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Enemy of my enemy...

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Feel free to enumerate the number of times this retarded logic has panned out in the middle east.

No, not ok with this. We shouldn't be friends with the Saudi's.

Of course he is.

Flooding an area of the world with weapons. An area seeing a sharp rise in anti-American sentiment due to the indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Yemen. An area expected to see millions more refugees due to climate change. An area that already supplied the talent that executed the 9/11 attacks.

Does this really seem like good American foreign policy? Just another instance where the MIC is gonna piss down our legs and tell us its raining.

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Flooding an area of the world with weapons. An area seeing a sharp rise in anti-American sentiment due to the indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Yemen. An area expected to see millions more refugees due to climate change. An area that already supplied the talent that executed the 9/11 attacks. Does this really seem like good American foreign policy? Just another instance where the MIC is gonna piss down our legs and tell us its raining.

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Given the draconian sanctions against Iran, they will fast be approaching economic collapse and anarchy in the populous. The Mullahs and their Military are going to be forced either shoot, or lose their guns. I think we all know what the Islamist choice would be; so does Trump, et al.

In the last 'uprising' against the Mullahs, they shot that young 'protestor' girl down in the street, and Obama never uttered a word. That cemented where the 'revolution' would go. This time, Trump building up a force over there that the Mullahs know will end in their defeat, from foes within and without (SA, et al).

It takes weapons to win a revolt; think 2nd Amendment. Same over there. Giving those weapons to a Nation like SA is highly problematic, as they could go from being helpful to our interest...to being a threat...in the span of a year (think Arab Spring). But there is no guarantee that even our own Nation could do the same. Just imagine that Hillary had won; the Constitution and Individualist Principle therein would have essentially become nullified, and our Nation would be supporting Iran (like Obama did) and working toward the dissolution of the Jewish State. And allowing China (Collectivist State) to continue toward their Military parity (of the which Madeline Albright/Hillary Clinton thought was fine).

Bottom line. Yeah...Iran's Mullahs are 'suicidal' Islamic Radicals who believe that bringing on a total war sets the table for their 'Madhi' to rule the World. There is no way they can be allowed to possess big nukes, because the MAD (mutually assured destruction) factor goes out the door with their belief. Hopefully, having a 'big stick' over there means we don't have to use it...though the Islamic factions likely will. Where it goes from there, who knows.