Yemen Separatists Seize Oil, Ask US to Continue Bombing Yemen
Fox News reports that Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) has seized key oil regions and is urging the U.S. to partner against 'Iran-backed Houthis.' This framing conveniently omits that the U.S., through Saudi Arabia and the UAE, has been deeply involved in Yemen's devastating civil war for nearly a decade. The U.S. has provided billions in weapons and logistical support to the Saudi-led
coalition, which has resulted in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with widespread civilian casualties and famine. The 'Iran-backed' narrative sidesteps the fact that the Houthis gained significant power as a direct consequence of this foreign intervention, not solely due to Iranian influence, and that the STC itself is a proxy force, heavily supported by the UAE, an ally to the very
coalition that created this mess. So, an American news outlet champions one Gulf-backed faction taking control of resources, while painting another as an existential, Iran-orchestrated threat, all while the U.S. has been complicit in pulverizing Yemen's infrastructure. It's a classic case of presenting proxy conflicts as purely regional, independent struggles. One might wonder if the real aim
isn't 'stability,' but merely ensuring the right faction controls the oil while the bombs keep falling. How many 'partnerships' does it take to acknowledge our own role in a crisis?