Another year of heavy fighting, thousands more dead, and no sign of a resolution in sight. Yemen has suffered seven years of war since the Saudi-led invasion.
It’s a war that’s gone on longer than expected, and been costlier. The Yemenis went from the region’s poorest nation to a state of near constant famine. War has dominated everything, and it’s clear many of the civilians can’t wait for it to be over.
Constantly at risk, internally displaced, endlessly dependent on food aid, Yemen is a bad place to be at any time in this war, and its only getting worse. Talk of a ceasefire for the month of Ramadan is exciting many as a rare chance for a real break in the conflict.
Peace talks don’t seem to be on the horizon, but a number of US lawmakers are stepping up calls to end all American participation in the war. Congress has voted on resolutions against the war in recent years, and it seems opposition is just growing.
Where the Biden Administration stands remains to be seen. Biden talked up ending the war early in his time in office, but more recently administration officials have been deeply critical of Yemen’s Houthis, saying they are exclusively to blame for the war’s continuation.
We know where Biden stands. His staff puts 100% of the blame on the Houthis.
The U.S. will shed a few crocodile tears but not interfere or disrupt Saudi operations, instead we will continue to support the Saudis.
We have embargoed Russia and impose secondary sanctions on other countries who do not go along with it. The Saudis? We sell them weapons.
At the start of 2021, they said 400,000 could starve to death by the end of that year. We’re three months into 2022 and strangely the estimates have stopped. So, how many starved in 2021 and what’s the projection for 2022? Can’t imagine things improved. But Biden will call for Putin’s head with his nose buried in MBS’ ass, who just whacked 81, begging for oil.