Efforts to advance a War Powers Act challenge to the Yemen War through the Senate continue apace, with Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) saying he believes the floor debate will begin on Monday.
As Congress never authorized the Yemen War, this resolution would demand the US end its support for the Saudi War. The soaring civilian death toll in the war was fueling this effort in Congress, and the Saudi murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has brought even more to the side of ending support for the conflict.
There is negotiation underway within Congress for a series of combined deals, including a non-binding resolution saying the prince is complicit in the death of Khashoggi. The Yemen War vote is just one aspect of the moves on the Saudis, with Corker promising overall, the proposals will “have teeth.”
The rest of this week is expected to involve negotiating exactly where everyone is on these various resolutions, with Corker suggesting that the Bush funeral basically meant the votes would wait until next week.
Those wishing to call their senators should do so in the next few days before the matter comes up for vote. You can do this by calling the Capitol switchboard at (202)224-3121 or by finding individual contact information here.
MbS is clearly crazier than our top lout, which is why the senators would like a more malleable dauphin who isn’t a total psycho.
Keep in mind who is telling us that somebody is a psycho. Senator Porker is not someone whose opinions are moral guideline. Yemen is our war, always was. Only now the question is — how to end it on our terms, and push back Saudi interests in Red Sea and Bab Al Mandeb. Ever since MbS was appointed — certain interests wanted him removed or controlled. Why on earth are we so eager to support yet another Israeli tantrum? Attempted toppling of Crown Prince by the reality show called Kashogginl murder looks like Mosad/CIA operation. Since it failed to shake House of Saud, and King/Crown Prince were unaffected, now it is time to ratchet the pressure on them. It is amazing that we are so blind not to see how the changes this “psycho” made since takung power from our man in June 2017 is so upsetting Bibi crowd. Like stopped funding for Syrian “rebels”, pulling back funds from Islamist- Wahhabi inspired cults by clipping Wahhabi wings at home. Most of bombing on Yemen now is done by Saudi “coalition”, read UAE. Blockade of food is done by our navy. Look up Houthis website, Sabanet, where bine reads — USA killing Yemeni people. Does not say Saudi Arabia killikg Yemeni people. And all our Congress will do is to go after Saudi leadership for not towing the line — not to save Yemen. We alone could have saved them long time ago. Lift blockade. But it seems we fall for the same old trick over and over. Saudi Arabia did all the things before during the rule of our favorite — Mohammed bin Nayef. Started war in Yemen, supported fundamentalist Salafis all over the globe, funded ISIS, attempted to crush Qatar for Iran ties. All of that was GOOD. But knce he was toppled in palace coup — the new ruler is suddenly bad. Since he came to power in June last year, we hear all iof sudden the horror stories of Yemen, and all the bad things he presumably did — carefully protecting his predecesor. And now that he actually stopped funding Syrian islamists, and we have to scramble in order to stay in Syria — he is bad guy. Hope it is clear how the theatrics of killing Kashoggi is just that — an intelligence operation involving the loyalists of former ruler. I would not be surprised if Gina knows a great deal about Kashoggi murder. She just did not count on Turkey being super prepared to record every bit of it. Giving Saudis enough material to find out who did it. We have not heard all of it yet. But with Bibi displeased, we will have action. But no e of it will remove blockade of food and medicine to Yemen — something estimed senators can do any time they please.
Looks like the usual suspects found a new creative outlet for their Islamophobia. The funny things is, I don’t think they realize what will happen to the PetroDollar if they keep this up.
And ehile having “peace talks”, the future anbasador of “united Yemen in Sana’a, gave a soeach about the need to disarm and repurpose hundreds of thousands of fighters, YS to get in to work on reconstruction, etc. The plan sounds like occupation with UAE in the role of the blaimee as things get ugly. How are these decisions akready made? The Congress actikn is clearly to remove Saudi Arabia from equasion, something that was clear for a full year, as UAE occupied most of the South, tribes are rebelling and our media telling us that the rebeliin in Al-Mahra was against Saudis — even though US supported UAE occupied it. Many if these regions saw no war — no Al-Qaeda, ISIS or any other. Yet, our flunkies are iccupying them. So, now it is clear — we want to be directly occupying Yemen. Good luck having Shia Notth agree — the people we call Houthis, name nobidy ever called them in their 1000 year plus history. We are to never know whi they are, call the by a name of one tribe, not the government now functioning out of Sana’a. The principle we are using resembles more and more Israel. We will get in — and who will chase us out of there. In Syria, we are nurturing what is left of ISIS under our protection in area we control. From there, they do hit and run on nearby region with our full knowledge if their movements — to terrorize civilians, chop heads. Now —,we cannot any mire claim this is paid or directed by Saudi Atabia. So, keep some terrorists under protection so they can sabotage peace in Syria. And even though US rep at Astana meeting admitted that progress was made and that it is niw better in Syria then it was three or even ine minth ago — he is for stopping thus “weird” format, scrap Astana or Sochi — and return to Geneva. If this is not supremacy talking — I jnow not what it is. Only in superior Western capitals and under ghe supervision of superior Western people — can any peace process be held. And he talked of regugees “being forced”. to return, even though condition for their return are goid in all areas except US controlled area and Al-Qaeda controlled Idlib. US liberated Raqqa is still in ruins, while Syrian-Russian liberated Aleppo has made huge progress in restoring transit, utilities, clearing demolished buildings, and helping people repear and renovate their propery. Iver 500,000 have returned to Aleppo province alone. Numbers for other areas are large as well. Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey are housing millions — and are ready to assist them to return home. Refugees must not become permanent burden to host countries. It looks like we do not wish them to return, in order to peddle the story that they are afraid of Assad — the presumed reason for war, and mantra of “Assad killing his own people”. But we have no more one single country to agree with us. Now, a delegation us being dispatched to Turkey in irder to pressure them to abandon Astana and deal with Russia and Iran — and cut separate deal with US. Naturally, here are Kurds to threaten Turkey with. We will see. Fir every morsel of oresumed “win” – we end up losing more ground.