US Shipyard Builds Saudi Warship, Newsweek Calls It 'Growth'
The story cheers on the construction of the Saudi Arabian Royal Navy's new Littoral Combat Ship, the 'Prince Saud bin Abdullah,' at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard. It's a feel-good piece about jobs and manufacturing, all while glossing over the fact that Saudi Arabia's coalition has been relentlessly bombing Yemen since 2015, using US-supplied weapons, creating one of the world's worst
humanitarian crises. The US-Saudi arms deals, totaling hundreds of billions over decades, directly fuel this conflict, yet Newsweek frames it as a win for Wisconsin. One might wonder if the workers at the shipyard were given a briefing on the UN Human Rights Council's findings, which detail potential war crimes committed in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition using such vessels. Or perhaps they were
told these ships are for 'defense,' against Houthi speedboats. It appears some 'mutual defense agreements' are more mutually profitable than mutually beneficial for peace. How many civilian casualties in Yemen does it take to sustain American manufacturing jobs?