South Sudan Migrants Blocked, Yemen Starves: Same US Foreign Policy?
While any relief for displaced people is welcome, the underlying problem persists. The US has provided South Sudan over $11 billion in aid since its independence in 2011, yet the region remains plagued by instability fueled by various actors, including those the US supports indirectly. Meanwhile, the same policymakers who champion aid for specific regions often greenlight interventions leading to
other humanitarian crises — like Yemen, where US arms sales and logistical support to Saudi Arabia have fueled a war that has created one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. We can celebrate stopping one deportation, but ignore that the pipelines for dispossession often start in Washington. While a judge pauses one small current, the legislative branch keeps flooding the system elsewhere.
How many UN reports on famine in Yemen does it take for the US to halt its material support for the military coalition prolonging it?