Intolerable Cruelty With No Security Rationale: U.S. Support of Saudi Arabia in Yemen

The United States is helping one of the most vicious authoritarian regimes in the world bomb and blockade one of the poorest and most defenseless countries in the world. Painful as it may be for Americans to hear,  war crimesare being committed with America ’s support.Saudi Arabia launched its war on Yemen in 2015 onflimsy national security grounds and almost immediately garnered criticism from the United Nations and human rights groups for indiscriminate bombings, and in some cases deliberate targeting, of civilian areas. Saudi bombs havelanded onresidential homes,marketplaces,refugee camps,schools, hospitals, and at least onefuneral. In spite of these allegations and clear evidence of extreme human suffering, the United States has supported the Saudi campaign from the beginning by providingrefueling assistance,logistical support,intelligence cooperation, anddiplomaticcover (not to mention massivearms sales).To date, conservative estimates put the number of Yemenis killed by Saudi bombs atmore than 13,500 (includingmore than 5,000 confirmed civilians). What has made the situationan order of magnitude worse isSaudi Arabia ’s de facto blockade of Yemen ’s air, sea, and land ports, preventing the delivery of much needed humanitarian aid. The main sewage plant in Yemen’s capital Sana’a ran out of fuel, couldn’t import more, and hasn’t run for months at a time, helping intensify the spread of disease. More than900,000 Yemenis are suffering from cholera, a disease t...
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