by
Stephen Lendman
Obama waged naked
aggression on Yemen throughout his tenure, along with bombing half a dozen
other countries illegally, exceeding the worst of George Bush.
He’s a constitutional
lawyer. In 2008, he admitted presidents don’t “have power under the
Constitution (and international law) to unilaterally authorize a military
attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent
threat to the nation.”
None existed
throughout his time in office. Every country America attacked since WW II posed
no threat to the nation’s security. Yet endless US wars of aggression rage in
multiple theaters.
Yemen is Obama’s war,
partnered with Saudi Arabia, other Gulf States and Israel, orchestrating
terror-bombing, choosing targets to strike, committing slow-motion genocide
against millions of affected Yemenis.
What’s ongoing is
largely unreported, 24 million people at risk ignored, thousands dying from
war, related violence, preventable diseases and starvation.
Official numbers way
undercount reality on the ground. Media scoundrels ignore Washington’s
responsibility for appalling carnage, an entire population at risk.
On May 2, Press TV reported
US special forces “arrived in Yemen (on April 25) to fight alongside Emirati
forces” on the phony pretext of combating Al-Qaeda terrorists - created and
supported by Washington.
On May 6, the
Pentagon for the first time publicly admitted US combat troops are operating in
Yemen. US warplanes are terror-bombing targets along with Riyadh’s aerial
campaign.
Claiming its
operations are separate from war on Houthis belies Washington’s aim to defeat
them and re-install its former Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi puppet regime.
Despite over a year
of intense conflict, Houthi resistance remains resilient. It’s unclear how many
US combat troops were deployed so far or if something much larger is planned.
A US naval Amphibious
Ready Group is positioned offshore, including the 13th Marine Expeditionary
Unit. Is a larger invasion coming, backed by naval and air power?
Is greater US war
than ever about to be initiated against an already devastated country, the
region’s poorest in normal times, its people victimized by US imperial
lawlessness.
Millions of Yemenis
are trapped by war, desperate for help and refuge, over 80% of the population
in dire need for humanitarian aid in short supply or unavailable for many.
Endless war continues
- perhaps for years as long as Washington rejects peace. To no avail, Amnesty
International called on Washington and Britain to halt the “reckless”
deliveries of “arms for use in” waging war, civilians harmed most.
They’re “flooding the
region with arms,” said AI, including cluster munitions and other banned
weapons. On May 4, Human Rights Watch accused all sides of war crimes.
It blamed Saudi-led
coalition of Arab countries for “indiscriminate airstrikes against residential
neighborhoods, markets, and other civilian structures,” massacring defenseless
Yemenis in cold blood.
UN-backed peace talks
in Kuwait since April 21 accomplished nothing, unlikely to ahead because
Washington wants endless wars throughout the region and beyond.
It’s a national
sickness, an addiction, an incurable disease threatening humanity’s survival.
Stephen Lendman lives
in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
His new book as
editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for
Hegemony Risks WW III."
http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html
Visit his blog site
at sjlendman.blogspot.com.
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