Saudi-Backed Coalition 'Surprised' Warlord Flees Their War
The mainstream media breathlessly reports on Aidarous al-Zubaidi's 'flight' from Yemen, citing the Saudi-backed coalition's surprise. One might wonder why a coalition that has spent nearly a decade bombing Yemen into oblivion, creating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, is shocked when its 'allies' fail to show up for photo ops. The UAE, having propped up the STC as a counter-balance to
the internationally recognized (and Saudi-backed) government, created this fractional mess to begin with. Remember when the US sold $60 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia in 2010? This isn't Zubaidi 'fleeing' so much as the predictable friction in a multi-resistance against imperialism funded by external powers, including the US, which approved over $70 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia alone
between 2015-2022. The double standard is stark: Iranian influence is a global threat, but Saudi and UAE proxy conflicts, fueled by Western arms, are just 'efforts to end fighting.' How quaint. The 'unknown destination' is likely wherever the money, or at least his hide, is safest during the latest round of everyone-vs-everyone. The real story is the consistent US complicity in enabling these
endless conflicts, not who missed their flight.