Spain to sell Saudis the missiles

SOYMB blog previously reported that Spain out of humanitarian concerns had cancelled the sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia. Out of commercial concerns, they have now reversed that decision.

 A couple of days ago Spain reinstated the sale, because the Saudis threatened cancelling their contract for 5 “Corvette” warships to be built by Navantia over the next few years, for a value of € 1.8 billion (US$ 2.1 billion), providing work for some 6000 shipyard workers in one of the economically worst-hit areas of Spain, Cadiz Province of Andalusia.

To sugar-coat this come-down, Spain’s Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, now pretends that the Saudis have to guarantee that the missiles will not be used against Yemenis. 

The Spanish Constitution, like the Constitutions of most European countries, prohibits selling weapons to countries “when there are indications that these weapons could be used against inherent human dignity”.  Of course, any EU law or regulation is easily overruled by the Masters of War.