YEMEN: destruction, famine

Submitted by Linda Wood on Fri, 05/05/2017 - 5:25pm

In spite of everything, in spite of illegality, in spite of dirty hands, our government appears to support Saudi atrocity in Yemen for no discernible reason, other than possibly giving the Saudis a reason to buy our weapons and a place on which to dump them. How can we force our government to stop this?

http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/05/02/intv-amanpour-clarissa-jan-eg...

World letting Yemen 'be engulfed in famine'
Amanpour

"What I've seen here in Yemen is indeed shocking, it's beyond belief," says Jan Egeland, Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, from Sanaa.

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-invoke-war-powers?r_by=1135580

Congress: Invoke War Powers on Saudi-Yemen Before U.S. Military Escalation
Petition by Robert Naiman

To be delivered to The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate

Invoke the War Powers Resolution to force Congressional debate and vote on U.S. participation in the Saudi war in Yemen before the U.S. is drawn into further military escalation.
There are currently 10,079 signatures. NEW goal - We need 15,000 signatures!

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 05/05/2017 - 6:31pm
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I don't want congress to sign this act, I want no military intervention in Yemen or any other countries in the Middle East.
There is no reason for our military to risk their lives for the corporations. Nor our treasure while millions of Americans are in dire situations. I gave congress an earful and hope that they listen to us.
Thanks Linda for posting this.
It says that it only takes one congress member to bring this to the floor. Waters has been speaking about this so why hasn't she done that yet?
Hey Bernie. Where is your voice on this? Warren?

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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

Submitted by Linda Wood on Fri, 05/05/2017 - 8:26pm

@snoopydawg
War Powers Act and the entire catastrophe. In any circumstance wherein Congress were to take up voting for or against this, Assad would chemically assault more children and babies. He may do that every day of the war, but we hear about it immediately and coincidentally at any point of questioning the funding or pursuit of the war.

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Submitted by native on Fri, 05/05/2017 - 8:37pm


trying to excuse it. A hopeless task, even if did try. Therefore the whole filthy business of Saudi jets bombing the shit out of Houthis (with US help) is being swept under the rug, in hopes of no one noticing. Hey, if it doesn't headline CNN News on the boob-tube, who cares?

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Submitted by earthling1 on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 12:05am
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We only pay for it.

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

Submitted by lotlizard on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 6:43am
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and weapons sales every bit as much as their U.S. NATO-leading counterparts.

So the only vote people can cast against failed-state-creating, mass-migration-unleashing war and turmoil is to vote extreme Right.

And alas, with the Deep State calling the shots no matter which frontman or woman is elected, — with Trump being just the latest example — even that is a gamble with less-than-favorable odds.

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Submitted by Linda Wood on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 11:07am

@lotlizard
seems to be suspiciously vital, for some reason, and because the hysteria over the Crimean vote to join the Russian Federation has been so wrongly misrepresented by the press, it seems NATO is less a matter of military protection and more a cash flow that underwrites the banks.

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Submitted by ggersh on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 1:13pm
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Overthrow it????

It's quite obvious our dear leaders don't adhere to what the plebes want.

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

Submitted by PriceRip on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 2:45pm
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@ggersh

... or at least divert the flow.

          Wars, police actions, peace keeping, adventures in central america, et cetera. Even WWII was about the money. It's always about the money.

          If certain individuals could make a killing in the market by ending all wars for evermore, there would never be another war.

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Submitted by ggersh on Sat, 05/06/2017 - 8:35pm
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@PriceRip speaking fee's, etc.etc.etc. insure the flow of bribes
Jamie Dimon wears prez cufflinks, it's all bought and paid
for

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

Submitted by Linda Wood on Sun, 05/07/2017 - 12:51am

@PriceRip
Cut them off from their funds.

But I also think war is a criminal offense and that we should be able to file a criminal complaint against the federal government for committing it.

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