Kudos To Shelly Berkley

Every now and then, a Democrat will do something that is admirable and against their party's wishes.
Shelly Berkley is opposing the selling of $60,000,000,000 of military supplies to Saudi Arabia.
From the Las Vegas Sun: "Any day now, the Pentagon is expected to notify Congress of what will be the largest single contract in the history of the country’s foreign military sales program. When it does, a group of lawmakers led by Rep. Shelley Berkley is vowing to do everything in its power to quash it.
Berkley is part of a triumvirate of House Democrats — along with Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York and Rep. Chris Carney of Pennsylvania — who in the past week have been circulating a letter urging members to oppose the Obama administration’s planned $60 billion deal with Saudi Arabia by backing a resolution to block it.
Berkley, D-Nev., and her compatriots argue that Saudi Arabia hasn’t done enough to support U.S. military and diplomatic efforts against terrorism, and has remained too hostile to the state of Israel to be trusted with $60 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets and Apache, Blackhawk and Little Bird helicopters.
“How do we ever expect them to be honest brokers when they’re so obviously anti-Semitic and anti-Israel?” Berkley said last week. “How are they going to stand with us against Iran?”
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/23/berkley-no-big-deal-saudis/
If it were not for oil, Saudi Arabia would be a terrorist state. Most of the 9/11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia. In a war between Iran and Israel, Saudi Arabia would stand with Iran. They are a backwards country, especially with women, gays and Christians. It is a barbaric country and why any liberal would support Saudi Arabia is beyond me.
Yes, this will cost some jobs, but sometimes you need to take a stand but Saudi Arabia does not need the weapons.
So, good job Shelly, you deserve this compliment.