Stephan: American corporate media can only deal with one "big" story at a time, and right now it is the election treated as a horse race or boxing match. So the story of what is going on in Yemen is more or less completely unknown to Americans. But it is an important story because it tells us exactly why people in the Middle East hate us and terrorism infects our lives.
Do you think the people hit by these American bombs being dropped by the Saudis in American planes don't recognize the weaponry and the delivery system for what it is? How would you feel about someone who just blew up your house and killed your family, including your little girl? Do you think your teenage son, or daughter, yes both, might be inclined to strike back, particularly if it was religiously sanctioned?
This is late Rome fighting the Germanic tribes. We must change our strategy, the geopolitics are against us.
People search for belongings amid the wreckage of the damaged school cafeteria near an amusement park after it was hit by Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, February 12, 2016.
Credit: Reuters/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
The bombs used by the Saudi-led coalition to carry out one of the worst massacres in the year-long war in Yemen were provided by the U.S., according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.
On March 15, the Saudi-led coalition bombed a market in the town Mastaba, in Yemen’s Hajja province, northwest of the capital Sanaa. At least
119 people were killed in two airstrikes, including 25 children. Another 47 people were wounded.
Human Rights Watch says the Western-backed coalition bombing “caused indiscriminate or foreseeably disproportionate loss of civilian life, in violation of the laws of war.”
In Yemen, the Hajja massacre led to enormous outrage. The attack […]
