Trump is now repeating the same failed approach to Yemen as Biden and previous US presidents
Why aren’t Democrats and other critics of the Trump administration asking this basic question: what have two decades of regular US attacks on Yemen achieved? Beyond more death and misery in a country where Washington already helped instigate one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters?
Anyone interested in real accountability for US policy making, should see this as a far bigger scandal than the one currently unfolding in Washington over the leaked Signal chat — real accountability?!Never mind theterrorists
The Trump administration says the latest US strikes on Yemen are intended to pressure the Houthi militia to stop attacks on international shipping lanes in the Red Sea
After the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023 and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza, the Houthis began firing missiles and drones at commercial vessels sailing around the Bab el-Mandeb strait, where the Red Sea comes closest to Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen
The Houthis said they were acting in support of besieged Palestinians and pledged to stop targeting shipping lanes once Israel ended its war on Gaza — sparked by the Hamas-led brutal attack inside Israel's borders on October 7, 2023
The attacks disrupted global shipping as companies rerouted hundreds of vessels around South Africa, which can add thousands of miles to a freighter’s journey between Asia and Europe — Yes indeed
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Why aren’t holier-than-thou people like you, Mr. Bazzi — among others, 1. asking this basic question: what have decades ofterrorachieved? Beyond more and more misery, death and destruction ALL sides 2. denouncingterrorism
Starting in July 2024 Israel carried out four rounds of airstrikes against Yemen, including attacks on the international airport in Sana’a, power stations and several ports
