There are now 13 countries part of the Trump travel ban due to their “high risk of terrorism.” But if the administration is correct about the risks, why does it continue to allow the U.S. government and companies to sell weapons to more than half of them?https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-extends-travel-ban-6-countries-ok-selling-arms-those-ncna1127941 …
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“During the Trump administration alone, the U.S. has sold Libya, Yemen, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria and Tanzania (the last five of which are new additions to the travel ban) everything from handguns and automatic weapons to light attack aircraft.”
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“...since 2002 the U.S. has sold roughly $409 million worth of these weapons to 10 of these 13 nations despite their troubled political systems, poor human rights records, high levels of corruption and their participation in a range of conflicts.”
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