Bi-Partisan Human Rights Resolution Vetoed

On one thing Congress agreed.  The United States should withdraw its involvement in the war in Yemen. While promoted as a civil war, the escalation and breadth of devastation resulted directly from Saudi bombing.  The “war” is nothing more than the Saudi Prince’s desire to consolidate his power at a time when he was the equivalent of the Defense Minister.  He did not anticipate the resistance he encountered.  This Saudi driven war has had a devastating impact on the country.  Photographs of starving children are horrific.  Educational systems have been closed leaving over 1.7 million children without any education.  Between 13 and 20 million Yemeni civilians face starvation.  Over 17,000 Yemeni people have been killed or injured.  This war is no longer a civil war but a war of Saudi domination. Yemen is all but destroyed.

In a rare bipartisan move, Congress passed a resolution calling for an end to any US involvement in the war.  US involvement includes arms sales to the Saudis. This weak the President, a strong supporter of the Saudi’s, vetoed the resolution calling it an attack on his presidential powers.