UAE 'Withdraws' From Yemen, After Years of War Crimes Funded by U.S.
Deutsche Welle reports the UAE's withdrawal from Yemen, a surprise exit (after years of bombing what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis). The article, like most mainstream coverage, gives the UAE a clean narrative break. It conveniently ignores that the UAE, alongside Saudi Arabia, waged this brutal proxy war using billions in US-manufactured weapons, courtesy of bipartisan
support, and often despite human rights warnings from Congress. Remember Block 1 of the Arms Export Control Act? Apparently, neither do they. This 'withdrawal' isn't peace; it's just shifting battle lines after widespread starvation and infrastructural collapse. The US, which sold the bombs and provided logistical support—even after 2018 when Congress voted to end this involvement (only for Trump
and Biden to veto/ignore)—gets to look away as the UAE pivots from one US-backed project to another. How many times can a nation commit atrocities with a partner, then simply... leave, without accountability?