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

[Robert Naiman]

You know what's really encouraging to me?

Check out the hashtag #FamineFive.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FamineFive

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Robert Reuel Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 9:28 AM Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Bob, no criticism meant towards you, I know you will continue to push. My
> statement is meant for others who seem to think we have “ended the war,”
> posting announcements on FB as if its all over.
>
> On Dec 14, 2018, at 07:22, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> 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
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> (202) 448-2898 x1
>
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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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