US Sanctions Yemen, Global Outrage When Houthis Find New Arms
Mainstream media frames this as a new menace, neglecting to mention the relentless bombing campaign by a US-backed Saudi-led coalition that left Yemen ravaged, its ports blockaded, and its people starving for a decade. What exactly did the US and its allies expect a besieged population to do? Pray their aggressors would simply run out of bombs? The Houthis are responding, however inadequately, to
a brutal blockade and sustained aggression – a response that global powers then condemn as an 'escalation'. One might wonder if 'arms smuggling' becomes 'valiant resistance' when the 'smugglers' are fighting to protect their starving population from outside aggression, while 'legitimate arms transfers' are reserved for those conducting the bombing. The hypocrisy is so thick you could cut it with a
US-made bomb sight.