Trump Issues His Second Veto, Blocking Congressional Resolution To End US Support For Saudi-Led War In Yemen: Good move, Mr. President. Just what we need. After all, arms sales to our...

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

Good move, Mr. President. Just what we need. After all, arms sales to our largest military customer can't be jeopardized. And we need them to continue support for our petrodollar. Who cares about the civilian deaths in Yemen. Not our problem!

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-16/trump-issues-his-second-veto-blocking-congressional-resolution-end-us-support-saudi

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

Pretty d********g...

Not his finest decision...

woodguru

Canuckus Deploracus wrote:

Pretty d********g...

Not his finest decision...

Wrong in many ways, perhaps most that is was motivated by his objection to congress taking back some of the military control decisions that are actually theirs and not the president's.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

ACP45 wrote:

Good move, Mr. President. Just what we need. After all, arms sales to our largest military customer can't be jeopardized. And we need them to continue support for our petrodollar. Who cares about the civilian deaths in Yemen. Not our problem!

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-16/trump-issues-his-second-veto-blocking-congressional-resolution-end-us-support-saudi

Good grief, is it just flat out ignorance of the geopolitics in the Middle East, or is it ideology that drives this sort of political prejudices? "Support for our petrodollar" my ass.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

ACP45 wrote:

Good move, Mr. President. Just what we need. After all, arms sales to our largest military customer can't be jeopardized. And we need them to continue support for our petrodollar. Who cares about the civilian deaths in Yemen. Not our problem!

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-16/trump-issues-his-second-veto-blocking-congressional-resolution-end-us-support-saudi

Well, when you want to build some Trump branded stuff in a country owned by the Saud family...............you do what THEY tell you to do. We need to find out how much Trump would take to buy him back.