White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Thursday that Biden would announce the end of U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition.
BY JASON LEMON ON 2/4/21
Senate Votes To End Sending U.S. Military Aid In The War In Yemen
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Progressives cheered the news that President Joe Biden plans to end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia–led war in Yemen, which has resulted in the deaths of nearly a quarter million people since the conflict broke out in 2014.
U.S. support for Saudi Arabia and its coalition of regional allies against Houthi fighters in Yemen began under President Barack Obama, when Biden was vice president. President Donald Trump continued the support and even vetoed a bipartisan resolution from Congress to end U.S. backing for the Saudi-led coalition, which was widely condemned by human rights experts and activists for disregarding the lives of civilians.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Thursday that Biden would announce the end of U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition. Sullivan explained that the president…
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Well, Yippee. Maybe there’s some civility, still, in US foreign policy.
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Biden has also stopped providing military aid to the Saudis – and renigged on Trump’s order to withdraw U troops from Afghanistan.
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Every time I read news like this, or withdrawing US troops from this or that region, I wonder to which part of the world US troops withdrawn from here or to which part of the world US military support ended here will be shifted, Dr. Bramhall.
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My guess would be the US, migarium. My understanding is that Washington DC is still under occupation by the National Guard.
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