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Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen

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President Joe Biden will announce an end Thursday to U.S. support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened human suffering in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest country, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.

Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen

 

Reply to: Re:One good thing

    (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday February 05 2021, @03:53AM

    by khallow (3766) on Friday February 05 2021, @03:53AM (#1109172)

    As much good as Trump did during his term, his support for the Israel - Saudi axis was a strong negative for regional peace.

    Iranians, while suffering under a theocracy themselves, are a much more reasonable people to negotiate with.

    Reasonable like they were during the Iran hostage crisis? Or the many terrorism games Iran has played from then to the current day? Or Iran's support for some shifty governments of the world (Assad's Syrian faction and Venezuela). Sorry, I don't buy that argument in the least.

    Both Israel and Saudi Arabia are heavily trade-dependent nations. They rely on their word and reputation. They have to be pretty reasonable in order to negotiate for what they want. Not so for Iran.

    Here, what's the "strong negative" to regional peace from the Israel-Saudi axis? Answer: Iran. Yemen would probably be at war no matter what happened. But the Saudis are there because Iran is there. It's a mini-cold war with moves by one power opposed by the other.

    And really, what does Iran have to offer in the way of peace?

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