President Trump is rightly issuing an emergency declaration in order to authorize $8 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Those arms will mitigate the risk to civilian lives in Yemen and deter Iran in a moment of escalating crisis.

Others disagree. They say that this action is an unjust sidestepping of Congress and a gift to brutal Saudi-led war in Yemen. And while it’s true that Congressional support is preferable here, and that civilians are suffering terribly in Yemen, Trump’s action is necessary.

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