Pompeo confirms $8.1bn arms sales to Arab nations without Congress approval to ‘deter Iran’ — RT World News

KW: The U.S only has two real friends in the world, both terrorist states being Israel and Saudi Arabia where opposition is destroyed with the removal of ones head by a sword down at the local town square. Not long after he reportedly agreed to send another 1,500-2,000 troops (“Patriots’, fighter jets, spies & engineers: What US is sending to Mid East after hyping Iran threat)  to the Middle East in yet another show of strength to combat an increasingly belligerent Iran, President Trump steamrolled Congress on Friday to approve $8 billion in arms sales to the UAE and Saudi Arabia and expedite delivery, WSJ reports. The administration invoked a rarely used provision of American arms control laws to bypass Congress and approve the weapons sales, citing the escalating tensions with Iran as justification. WSJ’s sources said the $8 billion figure encapsulates a package of 22 separate deals….. and you are not worried about potentially nuclear war breaking out?

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has confirmed that the administration has invoked a rarely-used legal statute to “immediately” clear $8.1 billion in arms sales to its Arab allies in order to “deter Iranian aggression.”

Source: Pompeo confirms $8.1bn arms sales to Arab nations without Congress approval to ‘deter Iran’ — RT World News