Saudi Arabia Discovers 'Threat to Security' From Its Own Allies, Not Its War
The irony is thick enough to cut with a drone blade. Saudi Arabia, nearly a decade into a brutal war it co-leads in Yemen, now declares the UAE's separatist proxies a 'threat to its national security' and their actions 'highly dangerous'. (So highly dangerous, apparently, that Riyadh happily armed them for years.) This isn't about Yemeni sovereignty, it's about two Gulf monarchies squabbling over
who gets to carve up a shattered nation. Remember when the US sold billions in weapons to both sides of this 'coalition'? This 'discovery' conveniently sidesteps the actual human security threat: the Saudi-led bombing campaign and blockade that has plunged Yemen into the world's worst humanitarian crisis, pushing millions to the brink of starvation. Al-Monitor reports the Saudis even struck a UAE
weapons shipment. It's almost as if the only thing these Gulf powers fear is losing control, not losing lives. The US Congress, incidentally, continues to approve arms sales, having received record lobbying dollars from Saudi Arabia and UAE 'friends'.