[Peace] Aisha Jumaan: Rep. Smith's office said they'd ban Saudi arms deals

[Robert Naiman]

This is key. Adam Smith led activists to believe that they were going to
get something in the bill to end unconstitutional U.S. participation in the
genocidal Saudi war in Yemen. But then Adam Smith didn't get anything. NOW
Adam Smith excuses himself by citing "Republican obstruction," the Dem
leader equivalent of "the dog ate my homework." If you're not prepared to
fight on our issues, stop taking our money, our votes, and our time. Get
out of the way and let someone else lead. Adam Smith must go. *Que se vayan
todos.*

[...]

Aisha Jumaan, who runs the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, said
she was "blindsided" by Smith's decision to compromise on Yemen. She said
one of Smith's staffers told her the day before the conference report
signatures were collected and the final report was filed that language
banning arms sales would be included in the NDAA. When she found out the
next day that it wasn't, she and her organization were "shocked and quite
sad."

[...]

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/12/23/42309924/humanitarian-groups-outraged-over-concessions-in-military-spending-bill
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