UAE Denies Shipping Weapons, Shocked They're Implied in Weapons Trade
The UAE has vehemently denied shipping weapons to Yemen, after Saudi airstrikes reportedly hit Houthi targets. This denial comes from a nation that, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), was the fifth largest global arms importer between 2018-2022, primarily from the US and France. It's almost as if purchasing billions in weaponry (like the $23 billion F-35
deal approved by the Trump administration in 2020) might, just might, lead some to believe they possess weapons to be 'shipping'. One might wonder: how many F-35s does one need before the international community starts asking where the old ones went? The region's ongoing, US-fueled, humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen (a war the UAE was deeply involved in for years) seems to have a limitless
appetite for arms, while the producers, and their biggest customers, maintain plausible deniability. It's a masterclass in 'nothing to see here' when the inventory lists are public record.