Conflict in Yemen escalates

[Deleted member 215]

Yemen is another region of the world that doesn't get much attention from the Western media. Today, drone strikes by the Saudi-UAE coalition against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed 70 people:

Airstrikes kill 70 people and knock out internet in Yemen | CNN

At least 70 people were killed and more than 130 injured when an airstrike hit a detention center in Yemen on Friday, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said, as the Saudi-led coalition continued to ramp up its deadly offensive on rebels in the war-torn nation.

www.cnn.com

This is in the wake of a Houthi drone strike on the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi a few days ago. What do you think will be the outcome of this conflict? What should the U.S.'s role be? (We are, after all, allies of Saudi Arabia, for better or for worse).

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

We will continue to arm Saudi Arabia. We need to make up for exiting Afghanistan somehow, plus inexplicably increasing our military budget after that exit. Contractors need to get paid, yo!

 

[SuperMatt]

We will continue to arm Saudi Arabia. We need to make up for exiting Afghanistan somehow, plus inexplicably increasing our military budget after that exit. Contractors need to get paid, yo!

Osama bin Laden was from Saudi Arabia. Instead of attacking them, we spent 20 years in Afghanistan. Can’t attack the country with the oil...

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

Osama bin Laden was from Saudi Arabia. Instead of attacking them, we spent 20 years in Afghanistan. Can’t attack the country with the oil...

We also turn a blind eye to human rights violations in Saudi Arabia that we are demanding from the Taliban.

 

[SuperMatt]

We also turn a blind eye to human rights violations in Saudi Arabia that we are demanding from the Taliban.

Yep, we did nothing when they killed Khasoggi. The oil is only part of it though - as long as they are a rival to Iran, the US is unlikely to do anything against them.

 

[lizkat]

It's a proxy war, Iran's favorite way of stirring pots to make trouble for Western interests in the Middle East. It doesn't even bother them to back Sunni-led factions sometimes. Thing is, it doesn't bother US defense contractors either. About the only things as fungible as dollars are missiles and the systems to launch them.