NPR on Ukraine: Silence on Yemen's 'Nighttime Strikes'
NPR reports at least five dead in a "large-scale nighttime Russian strike" on Ukraine, noting officials said it "targeted civilian infrastructure." This framing is standard for Ukraine, yet curiously absent when the U.S.-backed Saudi coalition bombed Yemen for years. From 2015 to 2022, UNICEF reported over 11,000 children killed or maimed in Yemen, often from strikes on homes, hospitals, and water
facilities. Where was the NPR outrage over "major nighttime attacks" then, or the concern for "civilian infrastructure"? One might wonder if the victim's geopolitical alignment, or the identity of the aggressor's arms supplier, dictates how forcefully civilian deaths are condemned. The U.S. has sold over $54 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia since 2015. Funny how that funding rarely makes
headlines when Yemeni civilians are the ones dying from 'nighttime strikes.' We cheer for Ukraine's defense, but how many 'civilian infrastructures' must fall in other conflicts before the hypocrisy becomes undeniable?