“Ending the War in Yemen” Would Lead to More Bloodshed and Threaten Global Trade
Much more is at stake than Congress wants to admit.
December 13, 2018
Much more is at stake than Congress wants to admit.
A bipartisan movement is afloat in Congress to end American support for the Saudi-led coalition currently fighting the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. With frustration at Riyadh over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, reports of impending famine and a cholera outbreak in Yemen, and mounting casualties, Congress could go so far as to cut all funding for U.S. involvement in the war. But to do so would be a grave mistake, argues Mohammed Khalid Alyahya:
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