Tag: Yemen

In Yemen, the United States backs a grim military intervention for which – unless you are a weapons company – it is hard to find any justification, practical or moral.

"We must end U.S. support for this disastrous war in Yemen. It is also long past time that we begin to take a very hard look at our relationship with Saudi Arabia."

"Instead of providing healthcare to sick Americans or education, this is what your tax dollars are going towards. Enough is enough."

Earliest Earth overshoot day ever, it's been over a year since MSNBC mentioned the war in Yemen, Trump wants to strip security clearance of those who have criticized him, and more.

We speak with a reporter who smuggled herself into northern Yemen to report on the widespread famine and devastation there.

“Am I pleased that the 12 children and their coach in Thailand were rescued? Of course I am. I just wish that an equivalent effort was being made to rescue each of the 50,000 children we will kill today, tomorrow, the next day and the day after that….”

The ugly face of this senseless war, as in most contemporary conflicts involving large aerial campaigns, is often hidden behind closed doors.

This slaughter has already lasted nearly 16 years. It will not cease until the United States is exhausted and withdraws its forces from the region.

The problem isn’t that the U.S. is standing by and doing nothing while this horror unfolds. It’s much worse than that.

U.S.-backed Saudi aggression is stoking anti-American sentiment in Yemen.