Al Jazeera Discovers Yemen Exists, Sort Of
The story presents a recent strike against Yemen's Southern Transitional Council as a singular event ('unprecedented attack'), as if Saudi Arabia hasn't been raining down hellfire on Yemen since 2014. The real genesis of this 'strike' isn't some fresh Saudi grievance, but a continuous campaign of aerial bombardment and blockade, largely enabled by U.S. military support and weapons sales. The UN
reported 377,000 deaths by 2021, and the Biden administration greenlit a $650 million air-to-air missile sale to Saudi Arabia in 2021, followed by a $500 million maintenance and training deal just a year prior. This isn't breaking news; it's a protracted famine, exacerbated by arms dealers in Washington. Perhaps Al Jazeera could have asked, 'What led to the U.S. enabling Saudi Arabia’s decade-long
war on Yemen?' But then, we might have to discuss the $250 billion in U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia since 2010, per the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or why the 'leader of the free world' consistently arms regimes bombing schools and hospitals. It’s not 'conflict'; it’s a slaughter, generously underwritten by American taxpayers.