Response to NYT op ed “Mohammad Javad Zarif: Let Us Rid the World
of Wahhabism”
The US is the largest
enabler of Saudi extremism. We continue to flood the Middle East with weapons
of perpetual war to enrich our defense contractors.
Consider our latest transgression in Yemen, one of the most impoverished nations in the world, ranked 154th out of the 187 nations on the U.N.’s Human Development Index. One in every five Yemenis goes hungry. Such was the dire conditions of the country prior to Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign last year, which has destroyed, factories, power plants, warehouses, ports, hospitals, schools, water tanks, gas stations, and bridges. In a grotesque effort to inflict more pain and misery, the Saudis have enforced a blockade, cutting off supplies of food, fuel, and medicine.
The tentacles of Saudi money penetrate deep into Washington. They have donated money to Hilary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation which recently received $10 million. Scores of US lobbyists are funded by the House of Saud.
Yemen has never been a threat to the US and there can be no justification for our complicit role in Saudi’s war crimes. President Obama bypassed Congress to facilitate the sale of $110 billion of the most sophisticated weapons.
What an appalling legacy of a man who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, allowing US defense contractors to enrich themselves at the expense of human lives.
Recent Clinton’s emails showed her to be supportive and euphoric of weapon sales to Saudi Arabia while she was Secretary of State.
Consider our latest transgression in Yemen, one of the most impoverished nations in the world, ranked 154th out of the 187 nations on the U.N.’s Human Development Index. One in every five Yemenis goes hungry. Such was the dire conditions of the country prior to Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign last year, which has destroyed, factories, power plants, warehouses, ports, hospitals, schools, water tanks, gas stations, and bridges. In a grotesque effort to inflict more pain and misery, the Saudis have enforced a blockade, cutting off supplies of food, fuel, and medicine.
The tentacles of Saudi money penetrate deep into Washington. They have donated money to Hilary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation which recently received $10 million. Scores of US lobbyists are funded by the House of Saud.
Yemen has never been a threat to the US and there can be no justification for our complicit role in Saudi’s war crimes. President Obama bypassed Congress to facilitate the sale of $110 billion of the most sophisticated weapons.
What an appalling legacy of a man who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, allowing US defense contractors to enrich themselves at the expense of human lives.
Recent Clinton’s emails showed her to be supportive and euphoric of weapon sales to Saudi Arabia while she was Secretary of State.
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