Last week’s House vote on ending the US involvement in the war in Yemen
saw repeated arguments that the US was no longer providing any direct
support to the Saudi invasion. Maj. Gen. David Hill clarified over the weekend that the US Army is in fact still supporting the Saudis.
While not going into a lot of detail on the matter, the general said
that US support is in particular focused on helping the Saudis target
their airstrikes to “minimize the risk of civilian casualties.”
That’s a risky admission, given the shocking number of civilians that
have been consistently killed in Saudi airstrikes, and those civilian
deaths are a major part of why Congress wants the US out of the war.
Though the House voted to end US involvement in the war, the Senate
still has to pass its own accompanying legislation on the matter. Even
then, President Trump has threatened a veto, and it is unclear that
Congress has enough support to override a veto.
US General: Army Still Supporting Saudis in Yemen
US supporting Saudi targeting of airstrikes across Yemen
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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