AP Discovers Yemen Has 'Civil War,' Not Just 'Intervention'
The AP informs us that tensions in Yemen are 'rising,' noting a Saudi bombing targeting UAE-backed separatists in Mukalla. This fresh 'escalation' (after 10 years of 'interplay of sectarian grievances') conveniently glosses over how 'regional powers' like Saudi Arabia and the UAE—with substantial U.S. military backing and arms sales worth billions—fueled this 'civil war' in the first place. One
might wonder if selling sophisticated weaponry to warring factions makes one an impartial observer. We’re told Yemen is 'mired in civil war,' not that it's been annihilated by one of the largest bombing campaigns in modern history, initiated by Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. (Remember the U.S. sell-off of $28.5 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia under Obama and Trump? Or Biden's 'pause' that still approved
$650 million in missile sales in 2021?) The AP calls Houthi control of Sanaa 'the origins of the crisis,' omitting the prior Saudi-backed government's internal failures and repression, which led to the popular Houthi uprising. It's a war they started, U.S.-supplied, and now the 'escalation' is just... happening.