UN Agencies Exit Yemen As US Bombs Fuel Famine
📰 THE STORY: ABC News reports that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is shutting down operations in Houthi-controlled northern Yemen, citing a lack of funding and 'disagreements' with local authorities. The agency warns this will impact millions already facing severe hunger. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: Since 2014, Yemen has endured a brutal war spearheaded by a Saudi-led
coalition, heavily armed and backed by the U.S., UK, and other Western powers. This intervention has been described by the UN as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The U.S. has provided billions in arms sales and logistical support to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, despite mounting evidence of war crimes leading to an estimated 377,000 deaths by the end of 2021, primarily from indirect causes like
starvation and lack of healthcare due to the blockade imposed by the coalition. Double Standard: Western media routinely frames Houthi actions as 'rebellious' and disruptive, while downplaying or ignoring the overwhelming role of the Saudi-led blockade and airstrikes (enabled by Western arms and intelligence) in creating the famine. When Russia's actions threaten civilian food supply, it's a
front-page moral outrage; when U.S.-backed forces starve Yemenis, it's framed as 'funding issues' or 'local disagreements' with 'rebels.' Follow the Money: The explicit and implicit costs of the Yemen war are astronomical, not just in lives, but in dollars. U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia alone have totaled over $100 billion since the war began, directly funding the machinery of blockade and