As I described in the piece, Grijalva's law would apply to arms sales to any country. It would apply to U.S. weapons sales to Syria, if there were any. It would also apply to U.S. weapons sales to Bahrain - which there are (see the links in the piece.) It would also apply to U.S. weapons sales to Honduras.
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I was wondering about the business of the US selling weapons to > Assad's state. And about the point of Rep. Grijalva wanting a law > against it, which seems a waste of time. However, it's possible -- > though quite unlikely -- that private business is doing so under the > table. > > Maybe there should be a ban on the US selling weapons to the king of Israel. > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Robert Naiman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Syria has no King. Nor is the U.S. selling weapons to Syria. >> >> The reference to Syria's "King" was a rhetorical device to try to get >> the reader to pay more attention and reflect. > -- > Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you > should at least know the nature of that evil. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
