Senate defies Trump- condemns bin Salman and Trump's support for Saudi war on Yemen.

[kudzu]

Al Qaeda has bases in Southeast Yemen for years, ... funny how with all the ordinance dropped by Saudi Arabia on Yemen, none of it is dropped on Al Qaeda. Coincidence?

LOLOL.. Stop lying, Jack.


Al Houthi Movement | Story Stream | Critical Threats

The al Houthis are the de facto ruling faction in Yemen’s central government and are now widely perceived as having substantial Iranian backing. The group’s political party, Ansar Allah, was established in the post–Arab Spring environment.

https://www.criticalthreats.org/organizations/al-houthi-movement

 

[kudzu]

Al Qaeda has bases in Southeast Yemen for years, ... funny how with all the ordinance dropped by Saudi Arabia on Yemen, none of it is dropped on Al Qaeda. Coincidence?

LOLOL.. Stop lying, Jack.


Al Houthi Movement | Story Stream | Critical Threats

The al Houthis are the de facto ruling faction in Yemen’s central government and are now widely perceived as having substantial Iranian backing. The group’s political party, Ansar Allah, was established in the post–Arab Spring environment.

https://www.criticalthreats.org/organizations/al-houthi-movement

 

[kudzu]

Al Houthis confiscate critical medical aid | GulfNews.com

Dubai: Iran-backed Al Houthi militants continue to sabotage aid efforts in Yemen after they confiscated critical medication and renal dialysis equipment from Al Thawra hospital in Taiz.

https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/yemen/al-houthis-confiscate-critical-medical-aid-1.2016618

 

[Jack]

The Saudis don't want any territory in Yemen. They moved Saudis villages back from the Yemen border 20 kilometers in 2000-2002.

"One of the memos discovered during the Hillary Clinton email leak stated, “We need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIS and other radical groups in the region.”
A State Department cable released by Wikileaks in 2009 revealed, “Saudi Arabia remains a critical financial support base for al-Qaeda [and] the Taliban […]”
Why don’t we hear more about this?"
https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/rare-op-ed-us-should-not-fund-saudi-arabia’s-war-yemen

 

[jimmymccready]

The Sauds need to go home.

 

[moon]

The Sauds need to go home.

While they've still got a home.

Izraelis too.

 

[kudzu]

"One of the memos discovered during the Hillary Clinton email leak stated, “We need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIS and other radical groups in the region.”
A State Department cable released by Wikileaks in 2009 revealed, “Saudi Arabia remains a critical financial support base for al-Qaeda [and] the Taliban […]”
Why don’t we hear more about this?"
https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/rare-op-ed-us-should-not-fund-saudi-arabia’s-war-yemen

LOLOL.. What moron wrote that? You think because its in an email its the truth?

AQ has been a threat to the Saudis since 1994.

 

[Jack]

LOLOL.. What moron wrote that? You think because its in an email its the truth?

AQ has been a threat to the Saudis since 1994.

As a Saudi Spokesperson, I don't expect you to admit the Kingdom is infested with the Ultraconservative Wahhabis.

 

[kudzu]

The Sauds need to go home.

My God, Jimmy.. The Saudis have been fighting to keep the jihadis and bombers from Yemen out of KSA for over 20 years now.

Where have you been?

 

[kudzu]

As a Saudi Spokesperson, I don't expect you to admit the Kingdom is infested with the Ultraconservative Wahhabis.

I like Wahhabis. What do yo mean "ultraconservative".. You ever lived around them.. or are you a newly minted internet expert?

 

[Jack]

I like Wahhabis. What do yo mean "ultraconservative".. You ever lived around them.. or are you a newly minted internet expert?

You told me you were a WASP (Wahhabi Arab Sunni Person) and I believe it.

 

[Jarod]

The turn has begun

 

[Phantasmal]

Sen. Tom Cotton Is Trying to Cripple a Bill to End U.S. Support for the War in Yemen
https://theintercept.com/2018/12/13/yemen-war-senate-vote-saudi-arabia/

Cotton is evil.

 

[Phantasmal]

The majority of americans are not represented in this political system though, so there's that. Time and time again this is the case. Watch how quickly the Dems move away from single payers once they actually have some power to do something for example.

We’ve seen it time and again in our lifetimes.

 

[anatta]

I'm not a prophet, Jack... Yemen has been flooded with all kinds of jihadis from AQ to Boko Haram, to al Shabaaz to al Houthis. That's what the Saudis have coped with.

good grief. a terrorists stew

 

[moon]

The Senate’s Yemen Vote Proves a More Democratic Foreign Policy Is Possible

Public outrage over US-Saudi relations may put an end to war—and serve as an important lesson for progressives.

https://www.thenation.com/article/t...a-more-democratic-foreign-policy-is-possible/


On Thursday, for the first time in the 45-year history of the War Powers Act, senators passed a resolution that would end a war—in this case, United States involvement in the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen.

The catalyst for the resolution had little to do with the war itself. In March, senators had voted 55-44 against bringing the same resolution to the floor. But then, in November, the Saudis murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside their Istanbul consulate. After Khashoggi’s death saturated the news, the outrage boiled up into Washington’s political class.

Even the most hawkish members of the establishment felt personally betrayed by their Saudi partners.

Betrayed ? Betrayed and sickened at the depth of depravity to which the House of Saud will descend - and still receive the support of the president of the United States of America.