The war in Yemen still bothers me a lot. I was one of the few consistent bloggers that started with it and stay with it. Wish I was wrong.
The American people had no idea the war was on and off. President Obama took us to war and then trump supported it for his buddy the butcher of Saudi Arabia.
Let us start with a few facts. It was a civil war against a corrupt government. Yemen is the poorest nation in the Arab world. They were bombed while praying, marriages, funerals, and shopping. Those planes were fueled by American fly boys and intelligence was given the Saudis government as well as those refueling planes. The minority group who toppled the government were the Houthis, a shite tribe now that controls three fourth of the nation.
They are aided by Iran. ISIS still roams parts of Yemen as does Al(sp?). those folks are chased around Yemen as well.
The Saudi government has been joined for 5 years in this effort by United Arab Republic (UAE) and USA. Three of the richest nations on earth battling this san filled land for 5 years. And lost ground the whole time. Yemen became the “Vietnam” of the Saudi Government and UAE. Bombing hurt the government doing the bombing once again.
It is rumored that President Obama did this war because of his agreement with Iran re nuclear power and its uses. It was like a left-handed compliment and di it in such a way as no one noticed in the American public. The left usually hot to trot e bad wars chilled. The right just loves the Saudis government and so when trump won, he went over and literally danced with the butcher MBS. So, the war continued unabated. Famine and cholera and all kinds of diseases starting killing over 100,000 people. The non-governmental agencies (NGO” S) tried to help till Scy Pompeo officially called the Houthis a “terrorists and real bad guys right before he left office so
The aid groups could not deliver food stuffs and medicines to the people of Yemen. That the naming the Houthis as “terrorists, they no longer could get the help of the NGO’s and were cut off from outside help.
As soon as President Biden came into office, he called for a shilling relationship with Saudi Arabia and its killer of journalists and women imprisonments for driving a car. The President gave him a pass because of some deep dark secrets that the USA and they exchange. The relationship with Saudi Arabia goes back to FDR in 1944.
Presently all the very good NGOs are trying to deliver enough water and food and medicines to stop the terrible carnage. You might think of helping. My thought is this……. Congress needs to declare wars like this one. At least then, the American people know what they are paying for and want to or not.