In Unexpected Move, Trump Enacts Obama-era Law Opening US Arms Sales To Ukraine
- Has Trump sold out to the Illluminist MIC? The answer is clearly YES, based on his actions in supporting the wars and weapon sales in: Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Yemen and now Ukraine.
– - In Unexpected Move, Trump Enacts Obama-era Law Opening US Arms Sales To Ukraine
by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/
After years of covert American involvement in the Ukrainian proxy and civil war which has raged since 2014 – and which a leaked recording confirmed was precipitated by the US State Department – President Trump has decided to come off the fence regarding his prior reluctance to formally approve arms sales to the Kiev government. Late Wednesday the Washington Post first reported the bombshell news that after months of indecision over whether or not to move forward with Obama-era legislation which initially paved the way for legalizing US arms sales to Ukraine, Trump has approved the first ever US commercial sale of weapons to the war-torn country.
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According to The Washington Post, “administration officials confirmed that the State Department this month approved a commercial license authorizing the export of Model M107A1 Sniper Systems, ammunition, and associated parts and accessories to Ukraine, a sale valued at $41.5 million. These weapons address a specific vulnerability of Ukrainian forces fighting a Russian-backed separatist movement in two eastern provinces. There has been no approval to export the heavier weapons the Ukrainian government is asking for, such as Javelin antitank missiles.”
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