President Obama announced today that he would "waive the prohibitions in sections 40 and 40A of the AECA related to such a transaction." Those two sections of the Arms Export Control Act make it illegal for our government to send weapons to nations described in another section of the Act: "The prohibitions contained in this section apply with respect to a country if the Secretary of State determines that the government of that country has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism." These provisions of the Act are supposed to guarantee that our government will not arm or give aid to our enemies, and yet here we have our President simply waiving the provisions the first time a case that fits the circumstances presents itself.
The President, in all his
wisdom, has waived these provisions and will begin to arm the Syrian rebels --
including terrorists -- who hope to one day play a role in our destruction. Al-Qaeda
is one of the strongest elements in the rebel ranks and there can be no
doubt that some of our weapons will fall into the hands of these terrorist
monsters… but the President is hell bent on arming the rebels, consequences be
damned……Read more at
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