No more loopholes: ban all US assistance in Yemen war now
Sens. Sanders and Markey and Rep. Khanna want to cut off all aid to Saudi Arabia. But will their efforts survive NDAA vote?
Marcus Stanley is the Advocacy Director of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Prior to joining the Quincy Institute, he spent a decade at Americans for Financial Reform. He has a PhD in public policy from Harvard, with a focus on economics.
Sens. Sanders and Markey and Rep. Khanna want to cut off all aid to Saudi Arabia. But will their efforts survive NDAA vote?
Hopefully it will be more than tinkering around the edges — fundamental changes in how they are used, if at all, are in order.
Now we have a bicameral, bipartisan fight on our hands over who has authority to determine how US military powers are used.
The War on Terror-era neocon is at it again, scolding America for withdrawing from Afghanistan and advocating we stay in the game.