While the U.S. government and mainstream media rightly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, neither offer one iota of protest against US enabling of Saudi Arabia’s horrific war against neighboring Yemen that has killed over 400,000 and puts millions at risk of starvation.
The Saudis started the war 7 years ago today by intervening in Yemen’s civil war to prevent an Iranian aligned faction from becoming their neighbor. For America it represents a proxy war against the hated Iranian regime.
America has been all in helping the Saudis with US made planes and bombs; refueling and maintenance help, and logistical support. Without US support the incompetent Saudi war effort would collapse, making America instrumental in the carnage and humanitarian catastrophe called the ‘worst in the world’.
A couple of years back Congress voted an end to American war crimes under the War Powers Act. Trump vetoed the measure and had enough friendly votes for more war crimes in Yemen from Congress to prevent an override. Biden came into office vowing to end it. But in a criminal and cowardly move, kept right on killing on in Yemen.
Congress will try again with another War Powers Act measure in the works. On Friday Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) issued the following statement:
“Seven years ago today, the United States began unauthorized military participation in Saudi Arabia’s devastating war in Yemen. In the time since, Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes and air-and-sea blockade have cost hundreds of thousands of lives and threatened millions more with famine, triggering the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. On this grim anniversary – spanning seven years and three presidential administrations – we are calling for an immediate end to American involvement in the Saudi-led coalition’s brutal military campaign."
While the US funnels in over a billion dollars in weaponry into Ukraine to keep the war there going on for 31 days now instead of promoting a negotiating settlement. US support for the Saudi slaughter of Yemenis continues into day 2,550.
But turn on mainstream news and it’s all Ukraine 24/7. Not one peep about the Made In USA slaughter in Yemen. Maybe Russia took a cue from the worst when contemplating their criminal war.
Walt Zlotow became involved in antiwar activities upon entering University of Chicago in 1963. He is current president of the West Suburban Peace Coalition based in the Chicago western suburbs. He blogs daily on antiwar and other issues at www.heartlandprogressive.blogspot.com.
The outrage that the NATO gang has expressed against Russia is not a moral outrage. They could not give a hoot about the Ukrainians; in fact the war was part of their plan to be relevant. Yemen, Iraq and all its other victims are irrelevant as they consider it their right to decimate.
NATO’s outrage is about power and the belief that they are the only ones with the right to attack and destroy countries. NATO ceased to be a defensive group after the USSR dissolved and the natural evolution is to become an aggressor or else you cease to exist.
Ro Khana’s amendment to the NDAA would have done the job. It stopped all support for that war to Saudi Arabia. But the White House got an ass kisser, Gregory Meeks, to propose an amendment that included Biden’s “defensive weapons” nonsense which was eventually added to the NDAA. So, no change and Biden continues the enabling of the mass starvation.
Jun 26, 2020 Millions of children face and starvation in Yemen warns United Nations – BBC News
Yemen faces the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with the coronavirus pandemic compounding the effect of five years of civil war.
https://youtu.be/J_6fDCo1REI
I wish the MSM would show images like this, they depict the West as good guys and Russia, China, Iran and many other nations as bad guys. More than 1/2 the people outside of Yemen and Saudi Arabia don’t even know Saudi Arabia is at war with Yemen but know we fund their military.
If the MSM did show those photos, they’d blame Iran for supporting the Houthi’s. It never ends.