If Biden can’t stand up to Saudi Arabia, then Congress should, and now
The administration has been sluggish in its pledge to withdraw material support to the Kingdom and help end the blockade in Yemen.
The administration has been sluggish in its pledge to withdraw material support to the Kingdom and help end the blockade in Yemen.
Senators Sanders, Lee, and Murphy have teamed up again, putting teeth into oversight of arms sales and interventions.
A recent DOD report shows how incomplete accounting leaves victims with no recourse to redress.
Far from withdrawing from the war in Yemen, the Emirates is pursuing a hard-line and establishing itself as a military power for the long haul.
Members of Congress are pressing President Biden to put the squeeze on Riyadh, and to use weapons sales as leverage.
In response, General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic offered no evidence to refute the claims.
As Obama-era policymakers wrestle with their role in the war, they betray a certain naivete about their Saudi partners at the time.
The president seems fine with keeping the Middle East awash in US arms, one of many strikes against this $23B UAE deal.
We cannot accept at face value that the US and Saudi Arabia are committed to peace when their actions demonstrate the opposite.
The Saudi “Operation Decisive Storm” was anything but, and now the only way they can end this is through diplomacy.
The US envoy says the situation is ‘complex.’ Meanwhile people are in crisis because food and medicine cannot get through.
Though it might look good to Washington, the Houthis have the upper hand and boast more leverage over conditions now.
Because the Houthis are currently on the offensive, it will be difficult for the U.S. leadership to incentivize them to lay down their arms.
Riyadh has delayed and prevented food, medicine, and fuel from getting into the war-torn country since 2015.
US arms sales that prop up the war in Yemen are just the tip of the iceberg.
The Emirates’ drawdown from its base in Eritrea comes as Biden is re-evaluating the U.S. commitment to the War in Yemen.
Boris Johnson should follow Joe Biden’s lead on Yemen if he wants his ‘Global Britain’ agenda to have any credibility.
Emboldened, the EU parliament passed measures that go way farther than even the Biden administration has gone.
The pending $23 billion deal to the Emirates threaten to fuel conflict in Yemen and Libya and reward bad behavior.
This war is much older than the U.S. or even Saudi involvement in it. Biden’s new envoy has his work cut out for him.
There must be a commitment to bringing the insurgents to the table — and stopping foreign support for warring parties.