Why Congress Won’t Agree to Stop Arming Terrorists

By Washington's Blog
Global Research, June 29, 2017
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The director of the National Security Agency under Ronald Reagan – Lt. General William Odom said in 2008:

By any measure the US has long used terrorism. In ‘78-79 the Senate was trying to pass a law against international terrorism – in every version they produced, the lawyers said the US would be in violation.

(audio here).

General Odom is absolutely right …

And because the U.S. itself uses terrorism, it’s very hesitant to get others in trouble for using terrorism.

And that’s why Congress is refusing to pass a bill agreeing to stop funding terrorists. Specifically, Senator Rand Paul and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard introduced bills to whose simple name accurately describes what they want:  The “Stop Arming Terrorists Act”.

But neither bill looks like it has any chance of being passed right now:

  • The House bill has only 14 co-sponsors, and was given a mere 6% chance of passing by Skopos Labs
  • The Senate bill has NO co-sponsors, and was given a measly 3% chance of passing by

How pathetic is that?

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