Following Defense Secretary James Mattis’ and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s calls Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire in Yemen, and talks to be set up in the next 30 days, the US is continuing to push for peace talks, saying they believe “the climate is right” for a UN-backed effort.
Previous UN-brokered talks have never gone far, with the Saudi-backed forces refusing any deal that involves any concessions. The most recent talks never even started, as the Saudis refused to agree to let the Houthis fly to the conference.
State Department officials say it’s “time to end the conflict,” and also say the sudden US interest in ending the Saudi-led war has nothing to do with the Saudis having just recently murdered Jamal Khashoggi.
That story is going to be a tough sell, as the Trump Administration clearly wasn’t worried about the war before, and desperately wants to do something short of threatening the Saudi arms deal. This is raising speculation that this marks the start of the US backing away from the Saudis, though it may well be a show of retribution against the kingdom to avoid having to do something more concrete.
“We want you to stop the war, but not enough that we’ll stop giving you weapons”
Plain and simple, if the US wants this GENOCIDE over, it is over. You tell the Saudis to stop OR ELSE.
“The State Department’s deputy spokesman… urged the Iran-aligned Houthi group to immediately cease missile and drone strikes in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and told the Saudi-led coalition to halt air strikes in populated areas in Yemen.”
The State Dept is still focused on the Houthis’ violence and their having something-or-other to do with Iran, and only asks the Saudis to stop particularly targetting civilians.
“The Saudi-led coalition has massed thousands of troops near Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, local military sources said on Wednesday, in a
move to pressure the Houthis to return to talks.”
WHAT?! Murderous aggression is only done to pressure others to agree to be peaceful I guess. The fact that the last time the Houthis wanted to talk peace the agenda was only unilateral disarmament with no guarantees that the Houthi delegation would not be abducted if they showed up has been shoved down the memory hole, as in 1984’s Newspeak.
If the attitude of the US and Reuters is any indication, the “climate is not right” for peace talks. We need to stop the arms deals and get out of this coalition of invaders and famine-producers now.
I’ll believe the hype when Trump shuts off the gas to Mohamed Bone Saw’s bombers. This could just be more empty posturing.
I believe it’s pronounced “Mohamed Been Bone-sawin’ men”.
It’s rare that the US ever calls for peace, promotes a cease-fire and pushes for talks. Generally it only happens when US forces or their proxies are getting whupped, as in Afghanistan. So it occurs to me that perhaps the US & Saudis are in the same position.
Despite all the Gulf propaganda we’ve been exposed to, it’s a fact that the Houthis were more than holding their own against a Saudi military that was never manned, equipped nor trained for anything but defense of the country, and not for expeditionary offensives. Plus the Sudanese might be pulling out after three years of failure.
Must have been very hard on you when Sadam fell, my heartfelt condolences.
American higher interest to support Saudi’s unconditionally to murder SHIA population in Yemen to provoke IRAN to have war with Saudi.
Petrol rich both countries at the end of the war would need American dominance to end up puppet of America then next aim is Turkey,another very strategic Country for highrr interest of Americans.
Erdogan realised that and sides with Iran together with Russia to keep the balance if power in Middle East.
Americans wouldn’t gave a rats ass if anyone murdered, unless the murder like Kashogy have some obvious political interest.
Look at the Americans with mass shooting in their own country it’s like a national pass time.
Only Russian Federation will keep these bastards honest as Donn Chips motto was for new party founder said it.