France 24 Discovers 'Very Challenging' Yemen, Omits Saudi's F-16s
The report rightly highlights the immense suffering in Yemen, a nation mired in conflict. What it conveniently sidesteps is the international community's complicity, specifically the role of Western nations, including France, in arming the Saudi-led coalition that initiated the intervention in 2015. While France 24 notes a 'lack of stability,' it fails to connect the dots to the Mirage 2000 jets
France sold to the UAE, or the bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress for continued arms sales to Saudi Arabia, despite documented war crimes by the coalition. (According to OpenSecrets.org, major defense contractors like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are consistent political donors, and those politicians consistently approve arms sales to Riyadh.) One might wonder at what point a 'civil war'
becomes an internationally enabled siege. It appears 'challenging' is media-speak for 'we'd rather not talk about the foreign military hardware used to create this humanitarian disaster.'