A soldier from the United Arab Emirates stands guard next to a UAE military plane at the airport of Yemen's southern port city of Aden August 8, 2015. REUTERS/Nasser Awad
Al-Monitor: Intel: Why the Gulf states should fear a blue wave in November
Top Democrats in Congress today introduced legislation that seeks to end US support for the air war in Yemen, highlighting the risk to the Saudi-led campaign if the minority party wins the November elections. Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the No. 2 Democrat in the House, endorsed the new bill along with Reps. Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. Smith and Engel are the likely chairmen of the armed services and foreign affairs panels if Democrats take the House. The bill was introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. Khanna’s resolution is privileged under the War Powers Act, which stipulates expedited procedures on the House floor.
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WNU Editor: The Democrats have already signaled that if they win the House/Senate it would not be business as usual with the Gulf states on issues like the Yemen war. So yes .... the Gulf states need to be concerned.
Why would the leadership of either party get antsy with some of their most generous paymasters? Its just posturing for the progressive part of the Dems' base ahead of the mid-terms.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't matter if republican or demos. Both support wahhabist head choppers in the middle East because it pays.
ReplyDeleteNah. After all, look how well the Blue wave has served the region
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ReplyDeleteif the Democrats win in November, the party leadership will be so obsessed with impeaching Trump that anything the GCC states do won't even be on their radar. Those that actually have some moral principles will be left twisting in the wind.
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