Rand Paul Joins the Fight — Presents Bill to Demand US “Stop Arming Terrorists”

Rand Paul Joins the Fight � Presents Bill to Demand US �Stop Arming Terrorists�
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has joined fellow congresswoman Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) in calling on the
U.S. government to stop funding terrorists. Dr. Paul, in a press release, announced the
introduction of the Act known as the Stop Arming Terrorists Act (S. 532). The bill is
meant to be a �companion bill� to Gabbard�s (HR 608) which also carries the same title.
Paul, a Republican, and Gabbard, a Democrat, have symbolically joined hands in calling
on the federal government to be more accountable with how and to whom it gives money and material
support.
Gabbard recently came out against the Military Industrial Complex, in January after she visited
Syria. As The Free Thought Project first reported, she pulled the veil off of the mainstream
media�s narrative that Syria is the aggressor, and pointed the finger squarely at the U.S.
as the country funding terrorism.
Later, in a statement, she said, �For years, the U.S. government has been supporting armed
militant groups working directly with and often under the command of terrorist groups
like ISIS and al-Qaeda in their fight to overthrow the Syrian government. Rather than spending
trillions of dollars on regime change wars in the Middle East, we should be focused on
defeating terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda, and using our resources to invest in rebuilding
our communities here at home�The fact that American taxpayer dollars are being used to
strengthen the very terrorist groups we should be focused on defeating should alarm every
Member of Congress and every American. We call on our colleagues and the Administration
to join us in passing this legislation.�
Gabbard confirmed and wasn�t afraid to say what many free thinkers already knew, the
U.S. has been funding terrorists.
Nearly identical in their wording, Paul�s senate bill mirrors Gabbard�s. Here�s
a breakdown for better understanding in light of recent events. The S. 532, the Stop Arming
Terrorists Act, �Makes it illegal for any U.S. federal government funds to be used to
provide assistance covered in the bill, including weapons, munitions, weapons platforms, intelligence,
logistics, training, and cash, to terrorists.�
If passed and signed by President Trump, any military partnership or financial aid given
to countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan (if so designated) and Qatar, (countries who are
said to be funding terrorism) would cease. Likewise, it would prevent the federal government
from giving money to countries like Iran, just as the Obama administration did when
it gave 33.6 billion dollars in cold hard cash to The Islamic Republic of Iran from
2014 to 2016.
Going further, the bill, �Prohibits the U.S. government from providing such assistance
covered in the bill to any nation that has given or continues to give such support to
terrorists.� A strict interpretation of the bill would lead many to conclude all contributions
by a country to terrorist entities both past and present would be cause for U.S. federal
funding to cease. What might become a highly controversial aspect of the bill deals with
the role of the Director of National Intelligence.
According to the bill introduced by both Gabbard and Paul, the Stop Arming Terrorists Act,
�Instructs the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to determine the individuals and groups
that should be considered terrorists.� Such absolute power could lead to corruption of
the country�s most powerful intelligence agent. The bill states he/she can and must
do so, �by determining:the individuals and groups that are associated with, affiliated
with, adherents to, or cooperating with al-Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, or ISIS; the countries
that are providing assistance covered in this bill to those individuals or groups.� What
each of
The bill states he/she can and must do so, �by determining: the individuals and groups
that are associated with, affiliated with, adherents to, or cooperating with al-Qaeda,
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, or ISIS; the countries that are providing assistance covered in this
bill to those individuals or groups.� What each of the three groups have in common is
Sunni Islam, and their adherence to Wahhabist or Salafist interpretations of it, also known
as Radical Islamic Terrorism by others.
The DNI will be supervised and directed by the �Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
Armed Services Committee, and Select Committee on Intelligence to review and update the list
of prohibited countries and groups every six months.� And so that Congress is aware of
any terrorist entity, sponsor-country designations, the bill also calls for the �DNI to brief
Congress on its determinations.�
The common sense bill to curb the flow of U.S. tax dollars in the form of federal funds
and weapons into the hands of terrorists is working its way through Congress, but has
not come up for a vote yet in either of the two legislative bodies of Congress.
Please share this article and call your congressperson or senator and ask them to vote for this bill
to stop funding terrorism.

Rand Paul Joins the Fight — Presents Bill to Demand US “Stop Arming Terrorists”

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