US-Backed Allies Fight Each Other, Yemenis Still Starve
The New Arab reports Aden airport's shutdown due to a Saudi-UAE power struggle. What they don't emphasize? Both Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are crucial US 'partners' in the region, armed by billions in US taxpayer funds. While these 'partners' vie for control, Yemenis continue to face the world's worst humanitarian crisis, a crisis largely fueled by the very weapons Washington sends to its allies. This
isn't just a political 'rift'; it's a proxy turf war, with Yemeni civilians as the perpetual collateral damage, conveniently ignored once the initial 'humanitarian aid alert' passes. So, Washington sells arms to Saudi Arabia and the UAE (look up Lockheed Martin's stock), who then proceed to carve up Yemen and sporadically fight over the pieces, disrupting critical aid routes like airports. How
many more airports need to close, how many more children need to starve, before our media acknowledges that the 'allies' rhetoric might be serving a different agenda than regional stability? Perhaps, just perhaps, the 'rift' is less about differences and more about dividing the spoils of a brutalized nation. One might wonder who profits from destabilization.