Official figures on the deaths in the Yemen War have been virtually
unavailable, or at least years out of date. The database tracker from
the Armed Conflict and Location Event Data Project, however, issued
their own data on Yemen Thursday, showing more than 70,000 have been killed in Yemen just since January 2016.
This is a huge amount of deaths, and if there is some decrease in
fighting in Hodeidah because of UN talks, it’s not like the war is
slowing much. At least 10,000 people were killed just in the past five
months.
The decline in Hodeidah was made up for by substantial increases in
fighting in Taiz and Hajjah. Stopping the fighting in Hodeidah was still
important, since it prevented a famine that could’ve killed even more
people, but the combatants have largely just started fighting elsewhere.
The database included 3,155 direct attacks targeting civilians, with
more than 7,000 civilians killed. Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of
the civilians were killed by the Saudi-led coalition, at least 4,800,
while the Houthis killed about 1,300 civilians.
Why do you use the term “civil war” when Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen, and US is using deadly drones against the country?
And without US involvement 69,900 would have killed? This issue is a total red herring.
Your post is BS, but if it were true, your callous disregard for the lives of 1000 people is sickening. People like you are what’s wrong with our country.
100 people actually, if you do the math correctly. But, it’s time to grow up and put your big pants on. If you have to sacrifice a small number of people to save a much greater number, you do it. If this is beyond you, go back to sucking on your thumb.
70,000 people would beg to differ if their mouths weren’t covered in sand. People like you aren’t antiwar, you’re just anti-the-other-guy’s-war. Your hypocrisy is revolting. If Hillary killed those people you’d be screaming bloody murder. The difference between you and me is that I would too. Check yourself.
You are aware that Saudi Arabia isn’t the 51st state of the US, aren’t you? What do you propose to do after we cut off our minor logistical support (if it hasn’t already happened) and the meat grinder continues? I suppose you’d say stop selling them arms. Well, what will you propose we do when someone else starts selling them arms? Start a bigger war to stop a smaller one?
The democrats in congress know that none of this means a damn thing. That’s WHY they are doing it. It’s a big hand waving exercise to convince their voters, who apparently live in fantasy land, that they are doing something anti-war. Meanwhile there’s a REAL war being waged by OUR soldiers not far from there that needs to be wound down, they they have the actual power to stop, that they aren’t lifting a finger to stop. But you have bought into this cheap magician’s trick hook, line and sinker, and behind closed doors they are laughing at you.
Dont quite get it do you. Congress is attempting to take warmongering authority away from the president, Yemen is a good place to start, because of the limited assets there. (Actually, you have no idea what assets are there, and neither do I) spanky has decided to go full dictator by ignoring congressional vote to end US involvement. This is a constitutional crisis, brought to you by the GOP. You said ” they have the power to stop”, how do you propose to do that when spanky just vetoes the attempt ?
You are the one who doesn’t get it, clearly. Constitutional crisis?!? Congress never would have voted for this resolution if they thought Trump WOULD’NT veto it. It’s sad to see people are blind to these political games.
And as far as Afghanistan goes, congress could just slash the military’s budget and de-fund it. It’s way too big of an expense for the Pentagon to hide it in some black budget BS. Guess what, the President doesn’t have the power to veto congress not appropriating vast sums of money.
Nothing you have written is in the realm of reality. The war on terror authorization has to be rescinded, prior to defunding, as in Vietnam. The gulf of Tonkin resolution was closed out, then, when Nixon ignored it, they defunded. Your opinion of the Yemen vote and veto belongs on Alex Jones with the lizard people conspiracy.
lol
Yup, big Yuk. Let’s pretend you are right, congress had a meeting, and agreed they need to spend time to introduce a bill ending US involvement in Yemen, for sheer entertainment. Because, you say, even the antiwar congressmen are fooling everybody and are really pro war. So, why do you even post anything at all ? There is no reality, in your world, where people have different opinions, no possible shared power in a republic, no vote that could possibly have an effect on the future. Perhaps you wish to convince people to not vote at all ? Mmm, I wonder who might think it was a good idea to promote apathy, and nihilism on an antiwar site ?
How about we stop sending them guns and money and Christ knows what else AND pull out of Afghanistan and Syria and everywhere else. If someone else wants to hop in bed with the Saudis then that’s on them. Let them suffer the blowback from another 9/11. You’re either part of the problem or you’re part of the solution. I’m guessing you voted for the lesser of two problems and you’re ego is too fragile to realize that admitting you f**ked up is the beginning of the solution.
Thank you, Jason, for posting this. We would never hear about it in the MSM or from the Trumpsters. That is the one thing they are in agreement about… Don’t tell the truth about our warring ways.
“our” ?
I meant we in the USA. Maybe that doesn’t include you in Antarctica.
You are the fastest gunslinger in all of Mekhico.
Heck, not just wars but they lie about nearly everything.
The bodies just keep piling up in Trump’s war on children.
Lots of dead kids in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, Serbia and more. The worst was in Iraq due to the Bush sanctions which were continued under Clinton. Clinton continued the sanctions AFTER the (mostly US) weapons inspectors confirmed all WMD and production facilities had been destroyed.
There was actually some clown on these pages that said the UN estimates were “greatly exaggerated” . Like 100,000 would have been OK or something.
What is very clear to me is there are lot of very sick people in power. A lot, if not most of them, are in the USA. “We’re number one” isn’t something to be proud about in this regard.
And the voters that put them there.
Indeed. Those that support the welfare/ warfare state bear considerable responsibility.
Political ideologies that are intrinsically violent also.