The United Nations defines human rights violations as deprivation of life; torture, cruel or degrading treatment or punishment; slavery and forced labor; arbitrary arrest or detention; arbitrary interference with privacy; war propaganda; discrimination; and advocacy of racial or religious hatred. In 1997 the U.S. Congress passed the “Leahy Laws” which cutoff security aid to specific units of foreign militaries if the Pentagon and the State Department determine a country has committed a gross violation of human rights, such as shooting civilians or summarily executing prison…
Read more84% Yes |
16% No |
77% Yes |
10% No |
4% Yes, and ban all sales to countries with human rights violations |
6% No, this could prevent our allies from defending themselves against our mutual enemies |
3% Yes, but I would prefer a ban on all military aid to any foreign countries |
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The government shouldn't be selling arms to any foreign country. We should bring back the Neutrality Acts.
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Yes, but we should not aid any foreign countries unless we are allied with them and they are in need of help.
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Country should be vetted to make sure the weapons are not used against American interests or being funneled to adversaries.
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Some situations were it's a enemy of my enemy is my friend are potentially acceptable but in general yes to restrictions.
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arms sales should always be closely watched and regulated when it's from an official government and some forethought should be put into where those arms end up after the sale as well
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Yes there should unless it's for government or army uses. also there should be a restriction on government arms sales in countries accused of human rights violations because this is very bad and they could use those weapons to hurt people.
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