{"id":21586,"date":"2016-09-10T13:34:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T18:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21586"},"modified":"2016-09-10T13:34:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T18:34:30","slug":"wolf-blitzer-is-worried-defense-contractors-will-lose-jobs-if-u-s-stops-arming-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21586","title":{"rendered":"Wolf Blitzer Is Worried Defense Contractors Will Lose Jobs if U.S. Stops Arming Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wolf Blitzer Is Worried Defense Contractors Will Lose Jobs if U.S. Stops Arming Saudi Arabia<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SEN. RAND PAUL\u2019S\u00a0expression of opposition\u00a0to a $1.1 billion U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia \u2014 which has been brutally bombing civilian targets in Yemen using U.S.-made weapons for more than a year now \u2014 alarmed CNN\u2019s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Blitzer\u2019s concern: That\u00a0stopping the sale could\u00a0result in fewer jobs for arms manufacturers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo for you this is a moral issue,\u201d he told Paul during the Kentucky Republican\u2019s appearance on CNN. \u201cBecause you know, there\u2019s a lot of jobs at stake. Certainly if a lot of these defense contractors stop selling war planes, other sophisticated equipment to Saudi Arabia, there\u2019s going to be a significant loss of jobs, of revenue here in the United States. That\u2019s secondary from your standpoint?\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul stayed on message. \u201cWell not only is it a moral question, its a constitutional question,\u201d Paul said. \u201cOur founding fathers very directly and specifically did not give the president the power to go to war. They gave it to Congress. So Congress needs to step up and this is what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the exchange:<\/p>\n