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by tici_88 3071 days ago
It is not just the US. Canada in recent years signed a $15Bln contract to supply the Saudi Arabia rulers with weapons. (I was going to say 'government but 'rulers' feels more appropriate in this case).

Saudi Arabia is at war with Yemen and the war is causing the humanitarian crisis described in the above article.

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Indeed, the UK position is "We'll support the Saudis in every practical way short of engaging in combat.":

https://www.caat.org.uk/campaigns/stop-arming-saudi/arms-sal...

Same for Italy, we tripled arms sales to them in the last two years and Parliament recently voted not to restrict the flow despite the conflict in Yemen.