Aden Airport Halts Flights As New Tensions Spark Old Questions
When Al Jazeera reports 'latest tensions' halting flights in Yemen, it’s worth asking what these 'tensions' are distracting us from. The inconvenient truth often omitted is the decade-long, US-backed Saudi war that has devastated Yemen, creating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. While fingers are pointed at internal squabbles between the STC and Saudi demands—a Saudi source,
predictably, 'rejects' the claim—the underlying U.S. and UK support for the Saudi coalition remains steadfast. Remember back in 2019 when Congress actually tried to end U.S. involvement in Yemen via the Yemen War Powers Resolution (S.J.Res.7)? It passed both chambers, only to be vetoed by President Trump, whose administration continued to approve billions in arms sales to Saudi Arabia. How many
'latest tensions' does it take for mainstream media to connect proxy conflicts with the Western arms dealers profiting from them? One might wonder how many civilian lives are worth a single arms contract.