Should the US stop selling weapons to countries in the Middle East?

[All Along The Watchtower]

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[TheReckoning]

“Should the U.S. stop selling…”

Nope.

[PSOL]

Yes, and dismantle all of the military bases there

[Vosem]

What, right when our European allies have regained their taste for selling to Saudi Arabia? No, of course not.

[DK_Mo82]

Tempted to say yes to questions like this, but problem is, wouldn't Russia or Chinese just fill the vaccum? I doubt they have actual moral principles better than us on anything

[vitoNova]

Imagine being in the business of arms manufacturing and warfare, when you can divest all those calories, brainpower, and resources into things that would actually benefit humanity in the long-term. 

Such as NASA and space exploration.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Tempted to say yes to questions like this, but problem is, wouldn't Russia or Chinese just fill the vaccum? I doubt they have actual moral principles better than us on anything

What if they did? If they want to flood a conflict-heavy region with even more weapons, they’ll do that—why should the US?

Do we really have to be the greatest contributor to the global arms trade? Seems bad!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

No

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Tempted to say yes to questions like this, but problem is, wouldn't Russia or Chinese just fill the vaccum? I doubt they have actual moral principles better than us on anything

What if they did? If they want to flood a conflict-heavy region with even more weapons, they’ll do that—why should the US?

Do we really have to be the greatest contributor to the global arms trade? Seems bad!

Really what matters most is keeping our workers employed and protecting our domestic weapon production capacity. This has been critical to our ability to give aid to Ukraine in fact. What our buyers do with the weapons is a secondary concern...at least insofar as to how civilians are impacted.

[MyLifeIsYours]

Get out of the weapon manufacturing industry. We will achieve peace by not engaging in perpetuating warfare.

[Yelnoc]

Tempted to say yes to questions like this, but problem is, wouldn't Russia or Chinese just fill the vaccum? I doubt they have actual moral principles better than us on anything

What if they did? If they want to flood a conflict-heavy region with even more weapons, they’ll do that—why should the US?

Do we really have to be the greatest contributor to the global arms trade? Seems bad!

Really what matters most is keeping our workers employed and protecting our domestic weapon production capacity. This has been critical to our ability to give aid to Ukraine in fact. What our buyers do with the weapons is a secondary concern...at least insofar as to how civilians are impacted.

This post reminded me of the profile Sen. J.D. Vance by Ian Ward that Politico published today. Out of curiosity, what is your opinion of Charles de Gaulle?