As Famine Looms in Yemen, Saudi-Led Coalition Redoubles Attacks

And we sell and will sell the Saudis weapons? When do we draw a line at barbaric cruelty?

Why is the UN warning of famine. Where are they? The UN has been a figure head that enriches itself and promotes unproven policies at the benefit of it's member states. It is a purely nationalistic group of highly paid bureaucrats. Time to do your job and stop this war. Peacekeeping is so much harder than war, but so much of the role of the UN.

Every time a new shipment of weapons, mostly from the US, arrives in Saudi Arabia the war in Yemen intensifies. Come rain, come shine, come a "diplomatic initiative" by the US, the war continues and will continue until all enemies and their families are dead or enslaved. This is the way the Quran tells the world about the wars Mohammed fought and this is the way kingdom and its de facto ruler MbS runs a war - the Bedouin way. And I bet that they hold their bellies laughing when someone from the outside calls for an end of the crimes against humanity they commit. MbS and his gang are just another case for the Hague and they have been for a long time. ... supported by every government of the US since the 1930s

War and famine like in Yemen in the 21st century is a disgrace for mankind. In the near future, we will program the human mind in the computer, which will give us the ability to learn what we do to ourselves with our ridiculous beliefs and manufactured values. The computer mind will be based on a "survival" algorithm and will provide irrefutable proof as to how we trick the mind with our beliefs about just exactly what is supposed to survive - producing a mind programmed de facto for destruction. When we come to understand this, we will begin the long trek back to reason and sanity. See RevolutionOfReason.com

All this violence is legitimized by Mr. Hadi and his "internationally recognized" government. It is time to draw consequences and explicitly withdraw that recognition. Mr. Hadi has twice betrayed the Yemeni population: - the first time he did with his sectarian policies. He had been elected as only candidate to serve as interim president while preparing the country for real democracy. That did not give him a mandate for the highly controversial sectarian policies that he implemented. - the second time was when he invited foreign powers to bring death and destruction to his country. By recognizing such a man as "legitimate" the international community turns itself into a bad joke.

This problem has far more than anything to do with the fact that for decades Yemen has insisted on having some of the highest birthrates in the world. At the same time, it hasn't been able to be troubled in the least to educate these children in any meaningful way, or to notice that they don't have, you know, water. This famine will happen without the Saudis, without the US, and without anyone else. It will only happen just a little slower. And it will happen because of the "Islamic math" that says I can afford to have 10 children when I'm unemployed, not because some of the more self-loathing Americans among us need something new to feel bad about. It's a shame that the civilization whose ancient ancestors gave us our modern system of numbers has so thoroughly disregarded how to use them. But it's better their backwardness dies over there than multiplies over here on our public assistance.

The Saudis can't fight and rely on others to do it for them. They have the money to do this. They are ok being fancy 'Fly Boys' and dropping bombs on people from far above, but not much good on the ground at the sharp end. One thing thats hardly mentioned here in Australia, on the little coverage we get, is that the head of the UAE Presidential Guard, which is the most powerful branch of the country actually doing the fighting, is Mike Hindmarsh, and Australian mercenary, who was actually the overall commander of the US Battle of Fallujah. I know Australians have been killed fighting for the UAE. I wonder how many Americans are fighting as mercenaries for the UAE? Anyone ever hear about this?

No words.

And most of America has no idea, nor seems to care. Which is kind of understandable I think. Yemen has nothing of value, nor a culture which has ever added anything to civilization. It has no future either, water is running out and when it's gone, Yemen will have no population. It's horrible what's happening there now, of course, and it will keep getting progressively more horrible right up until there's nobody living there, after which it will be peaceful forever after. For certain, nobody can do anything about it, because Middle Eastern sects love nothing better than to war against each other pointlessly. Saudi Arabia and Iran will just have to keep fighting their proxy religious war until the area cannot sustain human population, which thankfully will be in a few more decades at most.

Do you see the pictures in this article, everyone? That is Jared Kushner's foreign policy in action. Our country's Middle East policy is being run by an unelected Trump family member whose only credentials seem to be, "he's Jewish and friends with Bibi and MBS." Well, let's have another look at our Constitution if we ever get rid of the Trump family. Policies should be made by those with training and experience. I'd personally rather have Barron at the helm than Jared.

The same thing the Russians have done in Syria.

America is being bled dry by the very people that Donald Trump has gone around pretending to be friends with, and American businesses just rinse that money in blood. Freedom is another word for nothing left to believe in.

Thank God Mike Pompeo warned them away from this kind of behavior. The Saudis obviously respect and fear Pompeo, and the word of the United States. (rolls eyes)

Famine doesn't "loom" in Yemen... it is THERE and NOW. Those pictures of crying, emaciated babies don't look like something not yet realized. Why the backpedaling? What is going on in Yemen is a crime against humanity and our paid for satraps (the Saudis) are doing it. For shame.

This is madness! Have we lost our sanity? Why is America supplying The Saudis with military armaments and intelligence? We have lost our way.

It is not Iran the Saudis and Emiratis are fighting, it is Shiá. Within their own borders they execute, detain and persecute Shiítes. In the Emirates, the population are Shiíte but the Emir is Sunni. These countries oppose Shiítes in Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, and at home.

To Trump, all that matters is the money. Children have to die so that he can brag about arm sales to the Saudis, not to mention whatever private, personal money he and his son-in-law are getting on the side.

The combined economies of the United States + Saudi Arabia + United Arab Emirates produce, by far, more money and military resources that any country in the world. If all this might can' t win a long war against a comparatively minuscule number of Houthi rebels, It is because the Saudis are not good, they are not effective. They make us look bad. The problem with all autocratic leaders is that they think that in addition to be the most perfect, beautiful, well dressed, and more powerful human beings, they really are not smart or wise persons. And they are mad when somebody criticize them. This war is a disaster and should be stopped immediately. Children are dying. They did not commit a crime to deserve capital punishment. It' s not an honor to follow instructions from Saudi Arabia. Oil produces a lot of undeserved money to guys that did not make anything to get it. Tell us only one good thing they did to earn such huge quantity of money. Just one. Please. Again, beautiful children are dying in Yemen.

Meanwhile, Trump attacks Canada, Mexico, the EU...

There are no words that can adequately describe the utter immorality and bankruptcy of US support for the Saudis in Yemen. Even the following list doesn't come close: Despicable; deplorable; sinister; malicious; inhumane; callous; malevolant; evil; shameful; arrogant. Let's give a hand for the greatest country in the history of the world.

Our support of the Saudis is another black mark on our country’s Reputation. We should have ended our support for that theocratic absolute monarchy the day after 9/11.

How is it possible that the world at large has stood by and allowed this travesty to continue? How can we watch children starve to death without responding? It cannot be chalked up to the latest crimes committed by MBS with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi; MBS has been a ruthless and evil ruler all along. The US must stop supporting this incredibly cruel regime and their attempt to erase Yemen from the face of the earth.

Why isn't the USA doing anything to stop this slaughter? Oh, the Saudis are buying billions of American-made armaments, that's why!