Yes, he’s made his views clear on this before.
Already UK and Canada have inked large weapons shipments to Saudi Arabia on this.
At the least, better THEY fight their wars and not our soldiers. That might be some of the logic behind this.
But Rand has good points as he often does, Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen with arms we supply them is one thing he has said. I know very little about that war though I do keep up with the basic stories about the Houthis and maybe ISIS and Al Qaeda there too.
Well, since the U.S.S. Cole was attacked in Yemen, and the Clinton White House didn’t do anything about it, I’ve got no problem with SA bombing them, with or without weapons bought from us.
Iran backed rebels took over Yemen and started the war. Yes, Tillerson did mention that Saudi could better defend themselves, saving American money.
Iran is in Yemen trying to surround Saudi Arabia. I am not an expert, but it looks like SA has legitimate security concerns in Yemen.
Yemen’s been in a civil war for 2 years. A UN coalition of arab states have instituted a port blockade and have been bombing them in support of the regime recognized by the UN. AlQ and IS are trying to capitalize on the violence, backed by Iran, and are now occupying about a third of the country. The rebel Houti regularly run raids across the border into Saudi and a few hours after Trump arrived in Saudi, lobbed another rocket, hitting about 200 miles from the Saudi capital. There’s a money and war created famine happening; the World Food Programme claims not to have enough money to feed 7 million people although billions have been either spent or pledged. Of course, the civil war has destroyed wells and agriculture. It’s a Syria-type mess in the making with the UN messing about as usual.