Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) has sent separate letters to Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo and acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan seeking
specific details on the US response, if any, to a pair of recent high-profile cases of civilians being killed in Saudi airstrikes in Yemen.
The two cases in question are the Saudi airstrike against a hospital run by
Save the Children in northern Yemen, and a more recent attack against a
school. Rep. Lieu is seeking clarification if either the school or
hospital was on the US “no-strike” list.
The questions go deeper than that. Lieu also wants to know if the US
provided its much-vaunted targeting assistance to the Saudis in either
of the attacks, and if the Pentagon believes either of them violated the
laws of armed conflict.
Lieu in particular focused on Pompeo’s statement claiming US help was
reducing the casualties committed by the Saudis in the Yemen War. He
asked Pompeo to show the “specific statistics” he claimed to have to
back that up, and what part of US involvement specifically reduced
killings.
The Congressman asks good questions. Now let’s see if he gets any answers. Follow-up, please?
Pompeo doesn’t need no stinking proof. He has an opened bible in his office so he is beyond reproach.
To bad he’s never read the New Testament.