US Yawns as Gulf 'Allies' Feast on Yemen's Misery
While Al-Monitor highlights a 'muted' US response to supposed Gulf 'allies' clashing in Yemen, the real story is the thunderous applause from defense contractors. The US has, since 2015, facilitated this carnage, selling billions in weaponry to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Remember when the Biden administration paused some sales in 2021 before resuming them? (Amnesty International, Feb 2021 /
Reuters, Aug 2022). It appears the 'muteness' is less about surprise and more about calculated permissiveness for a conflict that aligns with multiple geopolitical agendas. One might wonder if a conflict fueled by American-made F-15s and precision-guided munitions (courtesy of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, for example) ever truly warrants a 'response' beyond restocking the arsenals. The civilian
death toll in Yemen, now over 377,000 according to the UN (UNDP, Nov 2021), simply becomes an unfortunate byproduct, skillfully framed as 'clashing allies' rather than a humanitarian catastrophe nurtured by Western arms. How many more 'muted responses' before the region is left in utter, profitable ruin?