In an extremely rare move, the US State Department has called for a “transparent” investigation into the Tuesday
Saudi airstrike against a Save the Children hospital in northern Yemen.
The attack killed seven civilians including a staff member and four
children.
State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told the media that the
Saudis have referred the “results” of the attack to the joint incident
assessments team for further review. The US has historically broadly
supported the Saudis extremely opaque claims to investigate incidents of
civilian deaths.
It is particularly unusual for the Trump Administration to call for an
investigation now, as it comes amid an ongoing battle with Congress over
America’s involvement in the war, in which the administration is trying
to argue to Congress that the Saudis are not targeting civilians.
To make sure the Saudis don’t get mad though, Palladino also said that
the State Department is calling on “all sides” to take steps to reduce
the number of civilians they kill, when if reality the Saudis are
killing the vast, vast majority on the civilians.
“It is particularly unusual for the Trump Administration to call for an investigation now, as it comes amid an ongoing battle with Congress over America’s involvement in the war, in which the administration is trying to argue to Congress that the Saudis are not targeting civilians”
Actually, this would seem to be the natural thing to do if you want to calm down the anti-war people. The result will be the same as if we had said nothing. All for show.
In other words, circle jerk.