[Peace] [Peace-discuss] Have we really ended the war in Yemen?

[Robert Naiman]

It would be premature to celebrate if that meant we were going to stop
pushing.

But we're not going to stop pushing.

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Robert Reuel Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 9:13 AM Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

>
> No, we've just taken a first step in the process.
>
> Over 80,000 people have died in this war since early 2015, with 85,000
> children starving to death, how many more people will die while the US
> plays games with our “good institutions."
>
> The Republicans produced a bill to stop the war in Yemen, by attaching it
> to an unrelated "farm bill," the irony is inescapable.
>
> I frequently hear statements saying, “the US has good institutions.”
> Really? If it’s so easy to game them, they aren’t good, if its so easy to
> buy them off, they aren’t good, just as our unions have betrayed the
> people, they aren't good. GM workers are now forming their own community
> unions, and all I can say is "it's about time." It’s about time the people
> take over institutions that aren't working.
>
> "The Senate vote to end U.S. involvement in the #Saudi
> <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/saudi?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG> #
> Yemen
> <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/yemen?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG> War
> is a big step forward, and the House should do the same in early 2019. But
> to actually force an end to the Saudi war, Congress must cut off the Saudi
> Air Force’s spare parts, without which it can’t fly.."
>
> — Gareth Porter (@GarethPorter) December 14, 2018
>
> Yes, we cut off their refueling in air, but that is a minimal cut off,
> when we keep supplying them with weapons, training, and logistics, and
> spare parts. When we keep supplying them with the right to bomb “Al Qaida”
> with drones, we know what happens, “Oops, a wedding, a school, a hospital,
> sorry about that." (sarcasm)
>
> I think its a bit premature to celebrate, for anti-war activists who are
> serious about ending the death and destruction being perpetrated by our
> “democratically elected government.” (More sarcasm) As death will continue
> while we watch the games.
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