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Biden to Resume ‘Offensive’ Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia
On the campaign trail in 2020, Biden told voters he would treat Riyadh as a pariah. He made the promise because Saudi’s brutal war in Yemen had claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, and the Kingdom assassinated Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a diplomatic building in Turkey.
As president, Biden never fulfilled that campaign pledge. He continued most arms sales to Saudi Arabia, allowing Riyadh to execute the war in Yemen for more than a year before a ceasefire deal was reached with the Houthis. Additionally, rather than treat Riyadh as a pariah, Biden has sought to ink a major deal with Saudi Arabia that would give the Gulf state a Japan-style defense commitment from the US.
by Kyle Anzalone:
https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/biden-to-resume-offensive-weapon-sales-to-saudi-arabia/Published at
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